Gefen Bitton, an Israeli living in Australia who was critically wounded when he tried to confront one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre last month, is being flown to Israel on Wednesday for further treatment, according…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran's top judge warns no leniency for protesters 'helping enemy,' as Israel, U.S. threaten intervention
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged security forces to exercise restraint in dealing with nationwide demonstrations, so long as national security is not jeopardized. His vice president said protests by traders are legitimate, but armed…
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Tehran protester: Benjamin Netanyahu is Iran’s most popular figure
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently the most popular person in Iran, a Tehran resident told KAN Reshet Bet on Wednesday.”People have fallen in love with him. People do not trust America or [US President Donald] Trump, but they very…
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Iran’s opposition fragmented amid nationwide chaos
Iran’s clerical establishment is under mounting pressure from a new bout of unrest over economic privations caused by inflation that has rocketed since last June.Despite repeated outbreaks of nationwide protests stretching back decades, Iran’s…
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Court reinstates ban on Urich speaking with Netanyahu, working in his office
The Lod-Central District Court reinstated a ban on key Qatargate suspect Jonatan Urich on Wednesday, prohibiting him from speaking to anyone connected to the scandal, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and working in the Prime…
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Damascus curfew imposed in Aleppo Kurdish neighborhoods
The Ahmed al-Sharaa-led Damascus government declared a curfew in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo from 3 p.m. on Wednesday, state-run Syrian Arab News Agency confirmed.The two areas have been declared a “closed military…
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Iran army chief threatens response to Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘hostile rhetoric’
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s military chief warned on Wednesday that Iran will not stand by and allow itself to be threatened by outside powers, after the United States and Israel backed anti-government protests.
“The Islamic Republic of…
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Yemen separatist leader accused of treason as Saudis strike forces
The Saudi-backed presidential council in Yemen has expelled the leader of a separatist group and charged him with treason after he failed to fly to Riyadh for talks.
Six other members of the presidency accused Aidarous al-Zubaidi, head of the…
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Israeli-backed militia says it killed Hamas operatives
An Israeli-backed Palestinian militia said on Wednesday it had killed two Hamas operatives in southern Gaza, marking a renewed challenge to Hamas after Israel empowered its rivals in areas under Israeli military control.The armed group, known as…
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Lindsey Graham to Iran: Halt killings or Donald Trump will kill Ali Khamenei
US Senator Lindsey Graham warned that if Iran’s security forces continue killing protesters, President Donald Trump would order the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday.Graham delivered the warning in a Fox News…
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