Syria’s interim authorities said Sunday that government forces have taken control of Ash Shaddadi military base in Al Hasakah Governorate after coordination with the United States, a move they presented as another milestone in the changing…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Damascus makes further gains coordinating with US
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Afghanistan marks Soviet withdrawal, Taliban draws scrutiny
Afghanistan marked Liberation Day on February 15, commemorating the 1989 withdrawal of Soviet forces after nearly a decade of war, as Taliban authorities used the anniversary to promote themes of national independence while facing ongoing…
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Art and the deal: market slump pushes galleries to the Gulf
With global sales mired in a slump, art dealers have turned to buyers in the oil-rich Gulf, where culture sector spending is on the rise.
Art Basel, which runs elite fairs in Miami, Hong Kong, Paris and Switzerland, held its Gulf debut in Qatar…
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New anti-government chants in Tehran after giant rallies abroad: reports
Some residents of Tehran on Sunday chanted slogans against the clerical leadership from balconies and windows, reports said, a day after Iranians abroad staged giant opposition rallies in Europe and North America.
The Islamic republic under…
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Taliban warns it may aid Iran if conflict with US erupts
The Taliban will aid and assist the Islamic Republic of Iran in the event of US strikes on the country, the group’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told Radio Iran’s Pashto-language service on Sunday.Afghanistan’s people would show sympathy and…
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IDF strike targets Islamic Jihad operatives in Lebanon; 4 reported killed
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday evening said that it carried out an airstrike targeting members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in eastern Lebanon, close to the Syrian border.
Lebanon’s state-run media reported that the…
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Trump told Netanyahu he’d back Israeli strikes on Iran if talks fail – report
US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Netanyahu in December that he would support Israeli strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program if the US and Iran could not reach a deal, CBS News reported on Sunday, citing two sources…
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EU warns Iran may have committed crime against humanity
The European Parliament warned on Sunday that the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protests in the country may constitute crimes against humanity and called for the reports of the death toll to be documented and confirmed by the UN.The…
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Cabinet OKs new West Bank land registration process, critics decry ‘de-facto annexation’
The cabinet authorized on Sunday the opening of a land registration process in the West Bank for the first time since 1967, with the ministers who initiated the measure saying it would enable the registration of broad swaths of land as…
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Report: Trump Told Netanyahu He Would Support Israeli Attack on Iran’s Missile Program
U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Florida in December that he would support Israeli strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program if the U.S. and Iran could not…
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