An Iranian protester who the United States feared faced imminent execution will not be sentenced to death, the judiciary said Thursday, while Donald Trump said he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action.
Trump had repeatedly…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Syria gears up for SDF offensive, reaching out to Kurds
Syria’s transitional government is trying to do outreach to Kurds as it appears to prepare a new offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces.The SDF is backed by the US and is composed mostly of Kurds, controlling eastern Syria.Syrian…
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Report: Israeli forces demolish homes in south Lebanon
Israeli forces operated in the southern Lebanese town of Aadaysit Marjayoun on Thursday morning and demolished two houses in the area, the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese outlet reported.Aadaysit Marjayoun is a border town located just opposite the…
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U.S. tensions with Iran remain high before emergency UN Security Council meeting
After U.S. officials said some personnel would be withdrawn from bases in the Middle East and after Trump’s repeated threats to intervene in Iran’s protests, Trump said he has been told Iran’s killings were easing, but did not rule out possible…
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Iraq sends aid to Gaza, strenghtening regional ties
Iraq has sent at least two aircraft carrying aid to Gaza in recent weeks, according to a report, as Iraqi officials were quoted by Rudaw, a Kurdish network based in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.The recent events are important…
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Tehran frames protests to delay US new strikes
Even as reports claimed on January 14 that a US attack on Iran was imminent, Iran appears to believe it has a free hand to continue a crackdown on protests.After ramping up killing over the last week, it has now attempted to message to the US and…
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Macron convenes emergency meeting to discuss Greenland, Iran
PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency defence cabinet in Paris on Thursday to discuss U.S. President Donald’s Trump’s stated intent to acquire Greenland and the forceful crackdown on nationwide protests in…
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Trump says Iran’s Reza Pahlavi ‘seems very nice’ but unsure if he can garner support
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “seems very nice,” but expressed uncertainty over whether he would be able to muster support within Iran to eventually take over amid…
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Gaza peace plan phase two: Will Hamas disarm?
On January 14, US Envoy Steve Witkoff announced that the Gaza ceasefire plan was moving to its next phase. This had been widely expected since late December.The move was believed to have been postponed and to have occurred slightly later than…
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US, Britain issue travel warnings for Israel; several countries tell citizens to leave Iran
The US and the UK issued warnings on Thursday against travel to Israel, as tensions spiraled over the Iranian regime’s lethal crackdown on protests in the country and amid indications an American strike on the Islamic Republic could be…
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