Syria’s Ministry of Interior confirmed to The Media Line on Saturday that it had thwarted an Islamic State (ISIS) bombing plot targeting the Sayyida Zainab shrine on the outskirts of Damascus, a revered site for Shi’ite Muslims. A…
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EU ministers to lift Syria sanctions at end of month
European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said on Sunday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria’s new…
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Casualties of war are devastating to confused nation
Our hearts are broken once again. How much more blood must be spilled? The rumors begin hours before the official announcement is made, naming the latest casualties in the war. If only we could take comfort in the thought that, in their death,…
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Donald Trump to push Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel-Saudi Arabia peace
“[President-elect Donald] Trump’s return to the White House will inevitably lead to significant shifts in US policy, both internationally and regionally, due to his contrasting worldview and leadership style compared to Biden,” US policy…
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New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
In 2024, superconductivity—the flow of electric current with zero resistance—was discovered in three distinct materials. Two instances stretch the textbook understanding of the…
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Teaching Bedouin kids Hebrew improves their opportunities
“Recently, I was contacted by a Bedouin guy from the Negev who really wanted to get accepted into engineering studies,” Malka Shacham, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s (BGU) diversity and inclusion officer, lecturer and researcher,…
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Heart emergency visits plunged during Covid, study shows
When chest pains struck during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, many Israelis – particularly older women – chose to stay home rather than seek emergency care, according to findings from a new Hebrew University study.
This…
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Trump’s envoy to Ukraine calls for tougher global stance on Iran
The world must return to a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran to turn it into a more democratic country, US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, told an Iranian opposition event in Paris on Saturday.
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A sobering exhibition of Hezbollah’s monstrous arsenal
A recent IDF exhibition serves as a deeply sobering reminder of the dangers Israel confronts. Opinion.
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Raising twins as a parent and its difficulties
Giving birth to twins (or even triplets) has become more common in recent decades due to the growing use of fertility drugs. About 1.6 million twins are born each year worldwide, with one in every 42 children born a twin.
Despite the joys,…
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