The London-based Persian news site Manoto News was forced to suspend broadcasting on Monday following security threats by the Islamic regime, the news site confirmed. The site claimed that Tehran was continuing to threaten freedom of expression…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranian UK news site halts broadcasts after regime threat
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US Embassy evacuates non-essential staff from Beirut
The US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, evacuated dozens of non-essential personnel via Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, Lebanese broadcaster LBCI reported on Monday.This was “a precautionary measure due to anticipated regional…
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UK’s Reform promises ICE-style deportation agency to halt migrants
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Britain’s populist Reform UK party unveiled “radical” plans on Monday to stop what it called an immigration “invasion”, promising to create an agency to deport thousands of illegal migrants and to leave human rights…
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Israeli settlers attack West Bank mosque, local officials and army say
Israeli settlers attempted to set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Tell early Monday, the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of religious affairs said.
“The Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs condemned the attempt by a…
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Released Hamas terrorists create security threat in Egypt
There is concern that terrorists released into Egypt as part of the final ceasefire-hostage deal will create new cells on Israel’s border in a similar fashion to those seen in Lebanon, Arab affairs expert Ruth Wasserman Lande, the former deputy…
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Daily Briefing Feb. 23 – Why is Tucker Carlson spreading antisemitic tropes?
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s…
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Iraq says Ankara agrees to take back Turkish citizens among ISIS detainees transferred from Syria
Feb 23 (Reuters) – Iraq’s foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks.
Iraq…
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Iraq is in political turmoil months after elections
Iraqi politics are in crisis. Months after an election in Iraq, there is still no new prime minister or president. The reason for this is that political parties cannot agree on who to appoint. In addition, US opposition to Nouri al-Maliki, a…
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Syria sees US withdrawal as ISIS family prison camp closes
US forces were seen leaving one of their last bases in Syria on February 23.“The United States on Monday began withdrawing from Qasrak Base in Hasaka, northeastern Syria (Rojava), transferring equipment to Iraq,” Rudaw Kurdish media reported….
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US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say
By Feras Dalatey and Orhan Qereman
DAMASCUS, Feb 23 (Reuters) – U.S. forces began pulling out of their largest base in northeastern Syria on Monday, two Syrian military and security sources said, part of a wider departure as the U.S.-allied…
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