More than 100 Palestinians freed into Gaza on Saturday returned to the territory to find it rendered unrecognisable by 15 months of war, while for many the fate of their loved ones was unknown.
“How is my family? Are they still alive?” one…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iranians demand to overthrow rulers emboldened by Donald Trump
Thousands of opponents to Iran’s authorities rallied in Paris on Saturday, joined by Ukrainians to call for the fall of the government in Tehran, hopeful that US President Donald Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign could lead to change in…
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Palestinian prisoners released from jail, but not free to celebrate
Fakhri Barghouti grimaced in pain as an exultant crowd lifted him onto their shoulders next to his son Shadi, released from an Israeli jail on Saturday under a Gaza ceasefire deal.
Though Barghouti, 71, shed tears of joy at seeing his son, he was…
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Lebanese leader forms new government, pledges reforms
BEIRUT —Lebanon formed a new government Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a devastating war between Israel…
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Israel putting Gaza ceasefire at risk of collapse: Hamas official to AFP
Israel’s “lack of commitment” is putting the Gaza ceasefire in danger of collapse, a senior Hamas official told AFP on Saturday with talks yet to start on its second phase.
In an interview with AFP, Hamas political bureau member and former Gaza…
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‘Thousands’ in Gaza at risk from unexploded ordnance: aid group
Unexploded bombs and shells buried in the ruins of Gaza could kill or injure thousands of people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory in the future, an aid organisation has warned.
The volume of ordnance dropped on Gaza during 15 months of…
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Donald Trump’s new maximum-pressure sanctions worry Iranian regime
Tehran is weighing its response following US President Donald Trump’s reinstatement of a maximum-pressure campaign on Iran earlier this week.
On Tuesday, the US president signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM)…
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Lebanon PM forms new government, pledging reforms
Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a devastating war between Israel and
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Shock in Tel Aviv over the emaciated faces of freed Israeli hostages
Horror swept through the crowd of onlookers in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday as the three emaciated faces of hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza appeared on screen.
Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy appeared to the crowds of supporters,…
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Is there another way with Israel? Voices from the Arab press
Is there another way with Israel?
Asharq Al-Awsat, London, January 29
For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.orgOne might argue that one of the unforeseen benefits of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation was that it threw into…
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