An Israeli man was arrested on Monday at PortMiami in Florida on board a Royal Caribbean ship on suspicion of possessing child sex abuse material, according to a report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Police said they arrested…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Fidan heads to US as Turkey eyes Gaza troop role: What to know
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar is also expected to attend the Board of Peace meeting, raising the prospect of the first face-to-face talks between top Turkish and Israeli diplomats since the war amid high-running tensions.
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EU explores support for new Gaza administration committee
The European Union is exploring possible support for a new committee established to take over the civil administration of Gaza, according to a document produced by the bloc’s diplomatic arm and seen by Reuters.”The EU is engaging with the newly…
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Middle East silent as US-Iran tensions rise
As reports online indicate that the US continues to ferry a large amount of air force and naval assets to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, many countries that have opposed a conflict are silent.In the past most US allies and partners in…
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Satellite images show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions
By Marine Delrue
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel…
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Syria govt. focus on attract investments, ties with Asia
The Syrian government is focusing on attracting new investment to its economy and conducting institutional outreach to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan.The new investment wave comes after Syria attended the Munich…
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Turkey MPs back moves to ‘reintegrate’ former Kurdish fighters
Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while ruling out an “amnesty”.
The recommendations of the cross-party parliamentary commission are…
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Kobane under siege: 600,000 civilians face shortages
On February 17 the Kurdish Rudaw media channel said that a UN delegation had “visited the Kurdish besieged town of Kobane in northern Syria on Monday to assess the humanitarian situation in the city and evaluate the conditions of displaced…
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France arrests 2 more over fatal beating of far-right activist, 11 now detained
French authorities arrested two more suspects on Wednesday over the fatal beating of a far-right activist last week, a prosecutor said, bringing the number of those detained for questioning to 11.
Quentin Deranque, 23, died after sustaining…
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Axios: US war with Iran could begin ‘very soon’
The United States is closer to military conflict with Iran than most Americans realize, and a massive weeks-long campaign could “begin very soon,” Axios reported on Wednesday.Such a conflict would likely involve an operation more like a war than…
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