CAIRO, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Yemen’s main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, denied on Saturday it was disbanding, according to a statement posted on X.
The statement comes amid conflicting remarks by members on the UAE-backed…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranian doctors report hundreds killed in protests
Hundreds of people were reportedly killed during the ongoing protests in Iran, according to Iranian doctors reporting from the country to TIME Magazine and the BBC.The TIME report mentioned that a doctor from Tehran, who spoke on condition of…
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Iran’s army vows to protect public property as Tehran seeks to quell growing unrest
DUBAI, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The Iranian army said on Saturday it would safeguard strategic infrastructure and public property and urged Iranians to thwart “the enemy’s plots”, as the clerical establishment steps up efforts to quell the country’s…
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China, Russia, Iran start ‘BRICS Plus’ naval exercises in South African waters
By Tim Cocks
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China, Russia and Iran began a week of joint naval exercises in South Africa’s waters on Saturday in what the host country described as a BRICS Plus operation to “ensure the safety of shipping and…
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Iran crackdown fears grow as protests persist
Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout on the biggest demonstrations in the Islamic republic in over three years after another night of mass…
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New rallies in Iran as son of shah calls for city centres to be seized
Major Iranian cities were gripped overnight by new mass rallies denouncing the Islamic republic, as the son of the ousted shah urged protesters on Saturday to plan to seize city centres.
The two weeks of protests have posed one of the biggest…
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Fresh protests in Iran as internet blackout persists
Anti-government chants filled the streets of Iran’s capital on Saturday night, as protesters pressed the biggest movement against the Islamic republic in more than three years despite a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout.
The two…
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Medics describe overwhelmed hospitals as demonstrations enter second week
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Soroush Negahdari & Roja Asadi,BBC News Persian
ReutersBurning vehicles were pictured in Tehran on Friday night As protests in Iran entered their second week and Iranian authorities issued coordinated warnings to…
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Reza Pahlavi calls for two more days of protests in Iran
As the protests in Iran enter their 15th day, Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has called for two additional days of demonstrations against the Islamic Republic regime. In a video statement posted in Farsi on X/Twitter, he encouraged protesters…
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Israel’s Netanyahu hopes to ‘taper’ Israel off US military aid in next decade
JERUSALEM, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published on Friday that he hopes to “taper off” Israeli dependence on American military aid in the next decade.
Netanyahu has said Israel should not be…
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