U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz responded Sunday to critics of the Gaza takeover plan that U.S. President Donald Trump suggested last week. On the ground in the Middle East, the Israel-Hamas truce resulted in another successful hostage…
Category: 3. Middle East
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IDF strikes Hezbollah smuggling tunnel, as clashes continue
IAF jets struck a Hezbollah smuggling tunnel that crossed from Lebanon into Syria, the IDF announced on Sunday.
The tunnel was used for smuggling weapons into the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon from Syria, the IDF said.
The tunnel had been struck…
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Syria’s has a Lebanon problem amid new clashes
Syria’s new government has only been in power for two months. Ahmed Shara’a was only proclaimed the president of the country in late January. Now, he and his new team face a challenge. Lebanon is becoming a headache for the new Syrian…
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Netzarim withdrawal is bookend to major part of war
Israel’s withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor in Gaza is a major step. It is being covered all over the world because it is seen as an important and symbolic event. The BBC says that Israel withdrew from the corridor that “split Gaza…
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New Syrian education guidelines eliminate secular material
A newly published report by IMPACT-se (Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education) examined the recent educational directives issued by Syria’s new Ministry of Education on January 1, 2025. These guidelines…
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Trump to meet Saudi, Egyptian leaders, Israeli president says
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump was set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and possibly Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, although he gave no dates for the talks.
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Israel withdraws from corridor splitting Gaza as tenuous ceasefire holds
A new benchmark was reached Sunday in the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, with Israeli troops withdrawing from the Netzarim corridor, a narrow strip of land that bisects the territory. It allowed more Palestinians to return to the…
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Ex-Israeli ambassador says Egypt can help in Gaza
Egypt can assist in Gaza peacekeeping if Israel agrees to Palestinian Authority civilian management, former Israeli ambassador to Egypt Amira Oron has told the Jerusalem Post in an interview.
Speaking to the Post shortly after she was one…
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Palestinians back on key Gaza road as Israel withdraws
A long line of cars, tuk-tuks, small lorries and carts stretched along Gaza’s Salaheddin Road on Sunday after Israel withdrew its forces from a strategic area bisecting the territory.
The traffic crawled slowly along the road, where mounds of…
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Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites
Authorities in Iran ordered schools and offices in at least 10 provinces to close on Sunday to conserve energy amid a severe cold snap and heavy snowfall, state media reported.
Freezing temperatures have gripped the northern half of the country…
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