Storm Leonardo has soaked northern Morocco with heavy rains since Tuesday, prompting authorities to evacuate more than 140,000 people from the northern provinces.
What happened: Morocco’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday that 143,164 people…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Saudi Arabia deploys cash and clout in Yemen after ousting UAE
By Timour Azhari
MUKALLA, Yemen/RIYADH – After pushing the United Arab Emirates out of Yemen late last year, Saudi Arabia is deploying political capital and billions of dollars in a bid to bring its southern neighbor more firmly under its control,…
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US-Iran missile, nuclear deal reportedly unlikely
A day before a meeting between senior American and Iranian officials in Oman, Israeli officials estimate that there is a low likelihood of reaching agreements between Iran and the United States.On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi…
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Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather
Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday.
Authorities have not announced any casualties, and the national…
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Israeli intelligence chief's brother charged with smuggling cigarettes into Gaza
Bezalel Zini, an Israeli military reservist on active duty, is accused of smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes in exchange for $117,000.
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WATCH: Israeli Settlers Descend From the Hills and Burn Down a Bedouin Community in Four Minutes
At one burning structure, a man and a woman were prevented by the attackers from escaping. When they managed to free themselves, they were beaten by attackers.
Videos, satellite images and eyewitness accounts outline one of the worst attacks in…
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Anti-Israel activists announce plans for new Gaza flotilla in March
Organizers of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian international flotilla aiming to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza announced plans Thursday for a new mission to the Strip with more than 100 boats in March.
The announcement was made at the…
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As US-Iran talks set to begin, Israel struggles to shape Trump's options
With US-Iran scheduled for Friday in Oman, Israel finds itself faced with two opposing options: press Washington to strike Iranian targets, or urge it to insist on a comprehensive deal.
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UAE plans compound for Palestinians in Israeli-held south Gaza, map shows
By Alexander Cornwell
JERUSALEM, Feb 5 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has drafted plans to build a compound to house thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of south Gaza under Israeli military control, according to a map seen by…
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Lebanon says Israel sprayed southern villages with concentrated herbicide
Israel declines to comment on the allegation its planes sprayed glyphosate over an area with extensive farmland.
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