HANOI, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, plans to travel to the United States next week to attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, the initiative launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to address global conflicts,…
Category: 3. Middle East
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After the War With Israel, the Key to Hezbollah’s Weapons May Lie With Lebanon’s Shi’ite Public
“All of us for the homeland, for glory and the flag,” a hoarse loudspeaker blared Lebanon’s national anthem, composed in 1927. Flowers and rice were showered over the dignitaries, and the head of the town presented the guest of honor with a…
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US-Iran can reach nuclear compromise, Hakan Fidan says
According to the report, Fidan indicated that flexibility on the part of the US was key to securing a deal, as Iran had previously demanded to be allowed to continue uranium enrichment. He believed that Tehran would accept compromises in order to…
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US transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria welcomed by Iraq
Iraq expects the US transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq to end on February 12, Iraq’s Justice Minister Khaled Shwani told Kurdish channel Rudaw. This is an important accomplishment. In two weeks, around 7,000 ISIS detainees were…
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Turkey’s foreign minister says the US and Iran showing flexibility on nuclear deal, FT reports
Feb 12 (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are showing flexibility on a nuclear deal, with Washington appearing “willing” to tolerate some nuclear enrichment, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told the Financial Times in an interview…
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Protests expected on Israeli President Herzog’s last day in Australia
By Alasdair Pal
SYDNEY, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Pro-Palestine protesters will rally in Melbourne on Thursday on the final day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s trip to Australia, following protests in the capital Canberra and violent clashes between…
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Araghchi slams Adelson before Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday denounced Israeli-American Miriam Adelson for “pushing dramatic claims about Iran” through Israel Hayom, an Israeli media outlet founded by Adelson’s late husband, casino and hospitality mogul…
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‘No one to back us’: Arab bus drivers in Israel grapple with racist attacks
What began as an ordinary shift for Jerusalem bus driver Fakhri Khatib ended hours later in tragedy.
A chaotic spiral of events, symptomatic of a surge in racist violence targeting Arab bus drivers in Israel, led to the death of a teenager,…
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Top Haredi rabbi: ‘Whether authorities agree or not, no yeshiva student will go to IDF’
US-based activists raise death toll in Iran protest crackdown to over 7,000 * Wrapping up visit Down Under, Herzog decries ‘frightening’ antisemitism but says most Australians respect Jews
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Israel to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, Netanyahu says
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Israel will join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of…
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