LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – British prosecutors sought to reinstate a terrorism charge against a member of Irish rap group Kneecap on Wednesday for displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah at a London gig, after a court threw…
Category: 3. Middle East
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US expected to unveil post-war Gaza leadership, sources say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO, Jan 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to push ahead with his phased plan for Gaza’s future by announcing the administration that will run the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, four…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards point to battle readiness and increased missile stockpiles, state media says
DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Iran’s stockpile of missiles has increased since a 12-day war with Israel last year, Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace Commander Majid Mousavi said on Wednesday according to state media, following U.S. President Donald…
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Hezbollah warns Beirut that expanded disarmament push could cause ‘chaos, civil war’
A senior Hezbollah official has warned Lebanon’s government that pressing on with efforts to disarm the group throughout the country would trigger chaos and possibly civil war, according to comments circulated by the terror group on…
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Some personnel were advised to leave U.S. military base in Qatar, diplomats tell Reuters
DOHA, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Some personnel were advised to leave the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three diplomats told Reuters.
The U.S. embassy in Doha had no immediate comment.
Al Udeid is the Middle East’s…
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Loay Alshareef at ‘Post’ Summit urges Israel back Iranians
UAE-based peace activist Loay Alshareef on Tuesday urged Israel and the Jewish people to support the Iranian public’s struggle for freedom, invoking what he described as a historical “debt” to Cyrus the Great.“To all of you here, the…
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Syria asks Lebanon to hand over Assad-era officers after Reuters report
By Feras Dalatey and Maya Gebeily
DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Syrian authorities have asked Lebanese security forces to hand over more than 200 senior officers who fled to Lebanon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, following a Reuters investigation…
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Iran warns regional countries it will strike US bases in their territory if Washington attacks
“Tehran has told regional countries, from Saudi Arabia and UAE to Turkey, that US bases in those countries will be attacked if US targets Iran,” the Iranian official said.
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Hezbollah warns Lebanese gov’t against pushing disarmament, threatens ‘chaos, civil war’
Hezbollah insists that the deal only applies to the southernmost region of Lebanon that borders Israel and has refused to relinquish its arsenal elsewhere.
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Death toll from Iran approaches 2,600, rights group reports
By Nayera Abdallah and Maayan Lubell
DUBAI/JERUSALEM, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The death toll from unrest in Iran climbed to almost 2,600, a rights group said on Wednesday, as Tehran stepped up diplomatic contacts with U.S.-allies in the region over a…
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