Russia told the United States on Tuesday that settling the war in Ukraine required a reorganisation of Europe’s defence agreements, as the superpowers met in Saudi Arabia without Kyiv or the EU.
Moscow has long called for the withdrawal of NATO…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Israel withdraws but keeps five positions in south Lebanon
Israeli troops withdrew from all but five points in south Lebanon on Tuesday, allowing displaced residents to return to border villages largely destroyed in more than a year of hostilities.
Lebanon said any Israeli presence on its soil constituted…
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Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including Roman ruins at Palmyra
PALMYRA, SYRIA —Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism, which they say could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s decimated economy after…
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VOA Persian: Telecommunications retirees rally across Iran
Protests in Iran continued Monday as telecommunications retirees gathered in at least nine provinces, despite snowfall in some regions.Click here for the full story in Persian.
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Iranian lawyers protest death sentences of 3 female political prisoners
Over 200 Iranian lawyers have issued a statement protesting the death sentences of three female political prisoners: Pakhshan Azizi, Varisheh Moradi, and Sharifeh Mohammadi.
The statement, signed by 229 lawyers, calls for an “immediate halt to…
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Rubio discusses Gaza deal with Saudi crown prince: US
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, during talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, that any deal on the future of war-torn Gaza must boost regional security, the US State Department said.
Rubio, who arrived from…
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Syria arrests 3 men suspected of links to 2013 Tadamon massacre
TADAMON, SYRIA —Security forces in Syria said Monday that they arrested three people involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years after the country’s 13-year civil war…
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IRGC deputy commander: Our next attack will be carried out in good time
Brig.-Gen. Ali Fadavi, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said on Monday that Operation “True Promise 3 will be carried out at an appropriate time,” state-controlled Mehr News reported.
Fadavi referred to…
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Getting Cyprus natural gas to market via Egypt hailed as milestone
NICOSIA, CYPRUS —A pair of agreements outlining how sizable natural gas deposits inside Cypriot waters will get to market via processing facilities in Egypt are a milestone for energy cooperation, Cyprus’ president said Monday.
President…
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Lebanese wait to go home ahead of delayed Israeli pullout
Near a south Lebanon border town, residents waited Monday to go home after months of displacement, on the eve of an extended deadline for Israel to withdraw troops under a fragile truce.
“It’s our right to return to our town, to our homes, to…
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