Joe Biden and George W Bush, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence sit together at service for former US vice president, as White House abstains from usual statements of mourning
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Category: 3. Middle East
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Israel Expects to Keep Regional Military Edge Despite Planned Sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia
Israelis expected to maintain its regional advantage with accesss to more advanced American-made weaponry despite President Donald Trump’s decision to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a government spokesperson said on Thursday when asked…
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How Iraq’s next government could shape the US-Iran rivalry
Millions of Iraqis headed to the polls last week to vote, but it could be months before a new government takes shape.
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Damascus, Doha Slam Netanyahu’s Visit to Israeli-held Syria Buffer Zone
Qatar issued a sharp condemnation Thursday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the Syrian buffer zone the previous day and Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and Gaza on Tuesday.
Doha criticized what it said were “blatant”…
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Lebanon arrests drug kingpin Noah Zaiter sanctioned by US
Lebanon arrests drug kingpin Noah Zaiter sanctioned by US | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThe Lebanese army detains Noah Zaitar after years of evading arrest, amid intensified raids on drug traffickers.Noah Zaitar, a Lebanese…
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Israel expects to keep regional military edge despite planned sale of F-35s to Saudi
TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel expects to maintain access to more advanced U.S. weaponry, a government spokesperson said on Thursday when asked about Washington’s plan to sell F-35 warplanes to Saudi Arabia.
Israel is the only Middle East country…
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Ten months on, displacement feels permanent for West Bank camp residents
Ten months after he was forced out of the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem refugee camp, Hakam Irhil doesn’t know if he will ever be able to return.
Irhil was displaced and his home demolished after Israel launched a major military operation in…
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Iran is harassing its nationals living in Germany
Iran is harassing its nationals living in Germany | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsIranians living in Germany report rising harassment and threats by Tehran agents.Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr hold the…
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Huckabee hosted ex-spy Jonathan Pollard for meeting at US embassy, NYT reports
Ambassador Mike Huckabee hosted a meeting at the US embassy in Jerusalem with Jonathan Pollard, the former spy who gave reams of classified American documents to Israel, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The meeting with the US…
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US honors conservative titan Cheney, with Trump off guest list
Dick Cheney, celebrated as a master Republican strategist but defined by the darkest chapters of America’s “War on Terror,” was honored Thursday in a funeral attended by Washington’s elite that pointedly left out President Donald Trump.
Cheney’s…
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