WASHINGTON: The State Department has formally told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister…
Category: 3. Middle East
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US State Department lays out plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel as Netanyahu visits DC
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US approves sale of $7.4 bn in bombs, missiles to Israel
The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza.
The State Department…
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What's next as Khamenei rejects Trump's offer for US-Iran diplomacy?
The Iranian supreme leader’s adamant refusal laid bare divisions within Iran’s political structure and has shaken pro-engagement camps that pinned hopes of economic reform on recent overtures from the US president.
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Trump administration notifies Congress of $7.4 billion in arms sales to Israel
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday of more than $7.4 billion worth of munitions and guidance kits to Israel following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week.
The State…
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‘Red line’: Arab-Americans oppose Trump’s Gaza takeover plan
In America’s largest Arab enclave, where frustration with President Joe Biden’s Gaza policy led many to back Donald Trump, anger is now growing over the president’s explosive proposal to take control of the Palestinian territory.
But Dearborn…
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Israel PM gifts golden pager to Trump symbolising attack on Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave US President Donald Trump a golden pager during their meeting at the White House this week, in a symbolic gesture marking Israel’s shocking attack on Hezbollah last year.
The gift symbolises “a…
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Cyprus jails Syrian man over toddler death on overloaded migrant boat
NICOSIA, CYPRUS —A Cyprus court sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of causing the death by negligence of a 3-year-old girl from dehydration aboard an overloaded migrant boat that was adrift for…
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Four killed in Syria-Lebanon border clashes between HTS and clans: What to know
Tensions along the Lebanon-Syria border between Lebanese clans and members of the Syrian security forces — principally made up of members of the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — escalated on Friday, with three dead and 10…
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Hamas names next hostages to be released
Hamas has released the names of the next hostages to be freed in Gaza on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
They are male civilians Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad ben Ami, 55, and Or Levy, 34.
Eighteen hostages have been freed…
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After Assad’s fall, Iran hopes to creep back through Syria's back door
Iranian officials admitted they were “defeated very badly” with the fall of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and their prospects for building influence under the new government are limited.
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