Yemen’s Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to Israel-linked ships provided the Gaza ceasefire is fully implemented, the Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOOC) said.
The Sanaa-bsed HOCC, which liaises between…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Lebanon army, Syrian traffickers clash as anti-smuggling efforts ramp up
Authorities in Lebanon and Syria have stepped up their fight against the Captagon trade following the fall of the Assad regime, which heavily relied on the industry as one of its major sources of income.
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Khamenei might’ve worn protection at funeral of killed judges in Iran
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended the Sunday funeral of two senior Iranian Supreme Court judges involved in handling espionage and terrorism cases who were shot dead in the capital, Tehran, on Saturday.
Khamenei…
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Relief over hostage release briefly overshadows Israel's political divide
Israel celebrated Sunday the coming home of Emily Damari, Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher, but the Israeli far-right keeps opposing the mediated deal with Hamas.
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Cecilia Sala discusses her time in Iran prison
Italian reporter Cecilia Sala described her conditions while being held at Iran’s Evin prison, including being blindfolded during hours of interrogations, left in a cell with bloodstains on the walls, and interrogated by a guard with…
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place with first group of hostages, prisoners freed
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was holding Monday, with the two sides in the early stages of a six-week pause in fighting that could lead to an end to the war that began in October 2023.
So far three of the 99 hostages held by Hamas…
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Missing US journalist’s mother renews Syria search
ReutersDebra Tice said she had “no idea” where her son was following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria The mother of US journalist Austin Tice, abducted in Syria while on a reporting trip in 2012 and one of the longest-held American…
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Missing US journalist’s mother says new Syria leaders ‘determined’ to find son
The mother of US journalist Austin Tice, who went missing in Syria in 2012, said on Monday in Damascus that the war-torn country’s new leadership was committed to finding him.
Tice was working as a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse,…
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Israel-Hamas truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange of three hostages for 90 Palestinian prisoners in an agreement aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in Gaza.
The three hostages released Sunday,…
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European diplomat: Israel has decided to attack Iran’s nuke sites
A senior European diplomat said that Israel has already decided it will attack Iran’s nuclear sites, implying such an attack was not imminent, but also not in the distant future, Al Arabiya reported over the weekend.
“We believe Israel has…
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