Activist urges UN to form ‘ZAKA for Iran’ | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastGazelle Sharmahd, whose father, Jamshid Sharmahd, was executed by the Iranian regime in 2024, issued a public plea to the UN after her father’s body was…
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Activist urges UN to form ‘ZAKA for Iran’
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AI helps Syrian Druze women tell UN about Sweida rapes
AI helps Syrian Druze women tell UN about Sweida rapes | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastSheikh Tarif, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Druze community, also drew the diplomats’ attention to the crimes committed against Druze…
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What’s at stake as Yemeni separatists gain ground?
UAE-backed south Yemeni separatists have taken control of vast new areas, rattling the anti-Houthi government and threatening to further divide a country fractured by more than a decade of civil war.
Yemen is already split between the Iran-backed…
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Three IRGC members killed near Iran-Pakistan border: What to know
Iran is seeking closer cooperation with Pakistan on security amid unrest on their shared border and an insurgency by Baluchi groups.
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Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision in protest of go-ahead for Israel
COPENHAGEN, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Iceland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, the country’s public broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union last week cleared Israel’s…
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Collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes kills 22
The collapse of two buildings killed 22 people in the northern Moroccan city of Fes, authorities said Wednesday, in the deadliest accident of its kind in the kingdom in recent years.
The Fes prosecutor’s office said in a statement the collapse…
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Remains of Sudthisak Rinthalak, last Thai hostage in Gaza, arrive home
BANGKOK, Thailand — The body of the last Thai national held hostage in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel was returned home on Wednesday, Thailand’s foreign ministry said.
The remains of Sudthisak Rinthalak arrived at…
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STC’s control may enhance Israel’s position in the Gulf
STC’s control may enhance Israel’s position in the Gulf | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThe STC’s growing power in southern Yemen, while unlikely to mitigate Houthi terrorism, could gift Israel a key ally in the region,…
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Jewish students singled out, scapegoated: Columbia releases last antisemitism report
NEW YORK — Columbia University’s antisemitism task force released its fourth and final report on Tuesday, saying that Jewish and Israeli students had been singled out and scapegoated in classrooms, and that the university lacked faculty…
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UAE, Russia host first joint business forum despite Ukraine war sanctions
AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the highest levels, as…
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