Turkey’s intelligence agency asked its British counterpart MI6 last month to take a larger role in protecting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after recent assassination plots, according to five people familiar with the matter.The request…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey requests UK assist in protecting Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa
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Israel’s Hezbollah attacks are likely to continue beyond Iran war, source says
By Emily Rose
JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) – Israeli attacks against Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group will likely continue after its joint air war with the U.S. against Iran ends, a source briefed on Israel’s military strategy told…
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White House to press defense firms to boost production as Iran strikes drain stockpiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump administration plans to meet executives from the biggest US defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies drawn…
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Middle East situation is ‘major humanitarian emergency’, UN refugee agency says
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency said on Friday that nearly 100,000 people have been displaced within Lebanon and tens of thousands of Syrian refugees there have fled back over the border, calling the situation in the region a…
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Iranians threatened by regime, face oppressive conditions
Iranian residents said that regime forces told them that anyone who protests would be considered “Israeli collaborators,” a report from BBC Persian said earlier this week.”Every day they send SMS messages warning that if we go outside, they will…
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Lack of Notice About Iran Strikes and Defense Help Frustrates Some Gulf Nations, AP Sources Say
The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given adequate time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombarding their countries in retaliation…
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Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief
By Olivia Le Poidevin
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) – Large-scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs raise serious concerns under international law, the U.N. human rights chief said on…
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Azerbaijan president calls Iranian strike ‘terrorist act’
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday condemned an Iranian drone strike on the country’s exclave of Nakhchivan, calling it a “terrorist act” and warning that Azerbaijan would respond.On Thursday, at around 11 a.m. local time, two…
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Beit Shemesh family clings to God after 3 kids killed by Iran: ‘Faith isn’t built in a day’
Tamar Biton was in the kitchen when an explosion rocked her home in the central city of Beit Shemesh on Sunday, shattering the windows and collapsing the ceiling with a boom louder than anything she had ever heard.
Making her way to what…
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Pakistani, Afghan border forces clash as UN says war displaces 100,000
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar
KABUL, March 6 (Reuters) – Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire at dozens of points along their border on Friday as the U.N. said their week-old conflict has forced the displacement of more than 100,000 people.
The…
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