The Israeli agency COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories: Judea and Samaria and towards the Gaza Strip) refuted claims made by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) that by limiting that organization’s activities in Gaza, the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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GOGAT refutes claims of Gaza water crisis
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In first, Israel to revoke citizenship of 2 Israeli terror convicts and deport them
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning signed the revocation of citizenship and deportation orders for two Israeli terrorists who carried out stabbing and shooting attacks against Israeli civilians, his office announced, with…
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Prince William meets footballers, gamers during Saudi tour
Britain’s Prince William criss-crossed the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, meeting footballers, playing video games and chatting with customers at a cafe, even as scandal over his disgraced uncle Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein made headlines…
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Satellite picture show US using mobile launch pads in Qatar
US forces in Qatar’s al-Udeid, the biggest US base in the Middle East, put missiles into truck launchers as tensions with Iran ratcheted up since January, analysis of satellite images showed, meaning they could be moved more quickly.The decision…
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US used mobile launchers for missiles at Qatar base as Iran tensions rose, satellite pictures show
By Marine Delrue
Feb 10 (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Qatar’s al-Udeid, the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East, put missiles into truck launchers as tensions with Iran ratcheted up since January, analysis of satellite images showed, meaning they…
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BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Tehran for first time since unprecedented protest crackdown
The BBC has visited Iran for the first time since the crackdown by security forces on nationwide anti-government protests last month.
Iran’s leaders are marking 47 years since the Islamic Revolution, with bunting and flags decorating the streets…
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Israeli-Russian journalist removed from Netanyahu’s US flight: What to know
Israeli-Russian journalist Nick Kolyohin, who contributes to Russian state-controlled RT television, was removed Tuesday from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flight to Washington over alleged security concerns.
“Security officials decided…
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US Vice President Vance’s office backtracks after statement on ‘Armenian genocide’
By Kevin Lamarque and Trevor Hunnicutt
YEREVAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday deleted a post from Vice President JD Vance’s account that commemorated massacres of Armenians as a “genocide,” saying the message that was likely to…
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Turkey, Saudi Arabia ink deal for production of Gokbey helicopters
The deal comes amid advanced talks on Riyadh joining Ankara’s KAAN fighter jet program.
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Egypt blocks Epstein-themed party; calls for Starmer’s exit mount as he stays defiant
Egypt blocked plans Tuesday for a nightclub event themed around US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious parties, and arrested its organizer, the interior ministry said.
The event, promoted as “A Day on Epstein’s Island,” had…
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