Iran’s hard-line authorities are particularly sharpening threats against the United Arab Emirates, signaling a potential shift in targeting the Gulf state for enabling US and Israeli operations.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran regime turns sights on UAE as war widens beyond conventional front
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Rubio says US ‘concerned’ by settler attacks, insists Israel will ‘do something’
Top US diplomat recalls Trump’s opposition to status quo changes in West Bank in comments hours after another Palestinian family targeted near Hebron
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How Azerbaijan benefits — and risks losing — from Iran war
Azerbaijan is cashing in on soaring oil prices and Israeli demand, but risks Iranian retaliation, pipeline attacks and regional blowback if the war escalates.
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UN moves to create mechanism to safeguard Hormuz trade in face of Iran war
March 27 (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday it was setting up a task force to design a mechanism to keep trade flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that disruptions caused by the Iran war risked greater food shortages and…
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Musk joined Trump and Modi call on Iran, says New York Times
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) – Elon Musk joined a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday about the war in Iran, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing two U.S. officials.
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German Chancellor Merz says he has doubts over Iran war aims
By Rachel More and James Mackenzie
BERLIN, March 27 (Reuters) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday expressed scepticism that the United States and Israel had a clear strategy to end the war in Iran but he said Germany would in principle be ready…
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Displaced mothers in Lebanon welcome babies’ new lives with hope and fear
By Catherine Cartier and Emilie Madi
BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) – When Israeli strikes rained down on southern Lebanon in early March, Hawraa Houmani, 29 years old and almost nine months pregnant, fled her village near Nabatieh to a shelter in a…
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Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 121 children, displace over 370,000 in three weeks
UNICEF says 19,000 children are uprooted daily, many repeatedly, with no safe refuge. Bridges destroyed leave 150,000 isolated, schools serving as shelters interrupt education, and displaced women face higher risks of exploitation, while aid…
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In tense call, Vance knocked PM for overselling Iran regime change likelihood — report
US officials said to suspect ‘Israeli op’ against vice president, a longtime skeptic of foreign military engagements, who is set to take the mantle of ceasefire talks with Iran
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Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude in a matter of weeks, despite recent…
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