Why did Iran release ship it had seized | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsThe incident shows how easily Iran can still harass shipping. It’s unclear whether Iran received a warning from the US or released the vessel for…
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Why did Iran release ship it had seized
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Israeli airstrikes kill 10 Palestinians in Gaza, rattling ceasefire, medics say
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a part of the enclave under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said.
Medics said two people were killed in…
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IDF presence in Syria of ‘immense importance,’ Netanyahu tells troops during visit
Israel’s ongoing presence inside Syria is of “immense importance,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops during a Wednesday visit to an outpost in the IDF-held buffer zone there.
The visit, which included several top security…
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Fear in Palestinian camp in Lebanon after deadly Israel strike
Residents of Lebanon’s Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp described their fear and astonishment a day after a deadly strike that Israel said targeted a Hamas compound, a claim the Palestinian militant group rejected.
Tuesday night’s raid,…
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Thousands of Tunisian doctors strike, say health system close to collapse
By Tarek Amara
TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of young doctors went on strike across Tunisia on Wednesday to demand higher pay and warn of an impending collapse of the health system, part of a broader wave of social unrest convulsing the country.
A…
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IDF carries out several strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon throughout Wednesday
The attacks, conducted one day after Israeli strikes killed 13 people in a Palestinian refugee camp in the country’s south, targeted ‘several Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites in southern Lebanon,’ the IDF said
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Report: Iranian scientists tied to nuclear work secretly visited Russia last year
Iranian scientists with ties to the regime made a secret trip late last year to Russia, where they met with military experts and may have sought to advance nuclear weapons work, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Citing various…
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Dubai’s ruler announces fund to promote foreign investment
Dubai’s ruler announces fund to promote foreign investment | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East”We want the world to know, the United Arab Emirates welcomes you, and it will provide the best environment for your investments,” said Sheik…
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Israeli military steps up strikes in south Lebanon, says targeting Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military stepped up airstrikes in south Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least one person as it pressed a campaign of near-daily attacks which it says is designed to block a military revival by Iran-backed Hezbollah…
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Restorers dismantle and reconstruct a historic Cairo neighbourhood
By Patrick Werr
CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian restorers are reconstructing a dilapidated neighbourhood in Cairo’s historic centre, dismantling houses and then rebuilding them with materials from the old structures in a model they hope can be…
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