Any attack on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would trigger a declaration of jihad, or holy war, the Iranian Students News Agency quoted Iran’s national security parliamentary commission as saying on Tuesday.Tensions between Iran…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran warns attack on Ali Khamenei would trigger jihad
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Somalia, Qatar sign defense pact after Mogadishu scraps UAE deals: What to know
Somalia and Qatar signed a defense cooperation agreement in Doha on Monday to strengthen bilateral military ties and security collaboration, days after Mogadishu ended all its contracts with the United Arab Emirates.
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Daily Briefing Jan. 20: Day 837 – Tragic deaths of 2 Haredi babies fuels fury against IDF draft
Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
WATCH the…
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BBC reports from UN compound being demolished in East Jerusalem
Israeli demolition teams have begun to tear down the headquarters of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency, known as Unrwa, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel says it owns the land on which the compound stands and has accused Unrwa of being…
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Saudi state TV says King Salman chairs cabinet days after leaving hospital
DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s 90-year-old King Salman chaired in person a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Saudi state TV reported, days after he left hospital where he was undergoing medical tests.
King Salman, whose country is the world’s…
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Israeli authorities demolish UN compound in occupied East Jerusalem
John SudworthEast Jerusalem
Israel Land AuthorityIt is the latest move by Israel against the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, after Israel passed a law restricting where it could operate Israeli demolition teams, accompanied by police, have begun…
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Hamas leaders consider exit from Gaza amid Donald Trump plan
Senior leaders of the Hamas terror group are preparing a “safe exit” from the Gaza Strip, sources within the terror group revealed to Saudi outlet Asharq al-Awsat on Tuesday.This comes after the US announced the start of Phase II of US President…
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Iran’s FM blames Israel after Davos speech nixed over deadly crackdown; Herzog hits back
PARIS, France — Iran’s foreign minister hit out at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos late Monday for canceling his appearance over a brutal crackdown on recent protests and said the decision was based on “lies and political…
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US-led coalition negotiating Al-Hol camp handover, Syrian sources say
Jan 20 (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State was negotiating a handover of the Al-Hol camp, which houses IS-linked civilians, to Syrian authorities, three Syrian sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
One of the…
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UN: Iran uses executions as means of intimidation
The Islamic regime executed at least 1500 people in 2025, nearly half (47%) as a penalty for drug offences, according to a release published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday.Noting the…
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