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US troops in Iraq, Syria attacked 100 times since mid-October: Report

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American forces based in military installations in Iraq and Syria have been targeted dozens of times recently, as anti-American sentiments are rising across West Asia over Washington’s support for Israel’s military campaign against the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

2023 deadliest year for Palestinians in West Bank since 2005: UN

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2023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2005, when the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) began keeping records, according to a report by the organization on Saturday.
Middle East

Kuwait’s emir dies at 86

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Kuwait’s ruling Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah died Saturday after three years in power. He was 86.
Middle East

Hezbollah says Israel failed to achieve its goals in war with Hamas

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The Israeli army has achieved nothing in its war on Gaza and has instead drawn the ire of the international community, spokesman for the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Haji Mohammad Afif, has stated in an exclusive interview with RT.
Middle East

Gaza is worse than a graveyard for children: UNICEF

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Children in the Gaza Strip have been suffering from hellish conditions, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder has stated, warning that the situation could get worse.
Int'l Relations

UN denounces terror attack on Iran police station

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The United Nations has condemned a deadly terrorist assault on Rask County's police headquarters in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Balouchestan, emphasizing that all perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Middle East

Shipping companies halt Red Sea journeys after Houthi strikes

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Two major world shipping companies have announced they will pause all journeys through the Red Sea after a series of attacks on Israel-bound ships by Yemen’s Houthi forces.
Middle East

Israeli military says accidentally killed 3 Israelis held hostage in Gaza

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Israel’s so-called Defense Forces has confirmed that three Israeli captivates in the Gaza Strip were mistakenly identified as a threat and shot dead by the army troops.
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns US, Britain sanctions on IRGC Quds force chief

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the US and the UK move to impose sanctions on 6 Iranian individuals and institutions, including Esmail Qaani the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Middle East

Khaled Mashaal: Hamas prepared for long battle

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The armed wing of Hamas is prepared for a long war with Israel, the Palestinian group's former Chief and senior leader Khaled Mashaal told a Turkish newspaper.
Middle East

Yemen says struck two Israel-bound ships

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The Yemeni Army  announced it has targeted two Israel-bound container ships in waters off the country’s coast, the latest of their operations to support Palestinians who are under attacks by Tel Aviv.
Middle East

Poll: Half of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu’s performance as PM

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity continues to fall amid the Gaza war, with the latest opinion poll revealing that over half of Israelis want former Defense Minister Benny Gantz to become premier.
Middle East

UN warns Gaza not fit for human life as around 19k Palestinians killed in Israeli war

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The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees has stressed nine weeks of war have left Gaza unfit for human habitation. The Palestinian death toll from Israrli war on Gaza is nearing 19,000.
Foreign Policy

Iran: Israel plans to deport Palestinians to neighboring countries

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned of Israel's plot to deport Gaza-based Palestinians to other states after trapping them in the southern part of the enclave.
Middle East

Half of Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise “dumb bombs”: US assessment

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Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza  have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs”, according to a new US intelligence assessment.
Middle East

West Bank death toll nears 300

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Israeli soldiers have killed at least 11 Palestinians during an incursion on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the ministry of health confirmed. Over 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and more than 4,000 others detained since early October, according to Palestinian sources.
Middle East

Israel cancels Mossad head’s Qatar trip to restart hostage talks

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Israel has canceled a planned trip to Qatar by the head of its foreign intelligence service, Mossad, to restart negotiations on a possible second hostage release deal, a source familiar with the negotiations told CNN.
Middle East

World Bank says Gaza economy operating at 16% of its capacity

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The economy in the Gaza Strip was operating at only 16% of its productive capacity amid the military actions in the Palestinian enclave in October, the World Bank announced in a report.
Middle East

Wartime survey shows a rise in Hamas support, increase in anti-Westernism sentiments

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A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians shows a rise in support for the Palestinian movement Hamas, which appears to have ticked up even in the Israeli-bombarded Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Hamas sets conditions for peace talks

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Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has stated the faction is open to negotiations to end the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, but stressed that any final deal would have to lead to an independent Palestinian state.
Middle East

Iran warns about Israeli war crimes aftermath

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has cautioned the West Asia region and the world are going to be grappling with the aftermath of the Israeli ongoing war crimes across the Palestinian territories for years to come.
Middle East

UN refugee agency cautions ‘Gaza catastrophe’ threatens to raise record global displacement

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The UN refugee agency has warned that the “catastrophe” unfolding in the Gaza Strip threatens to create additional displacement across the Middle East.
Middle East

Israeli opposition leader: Netanyahu lying over Gaza war

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of persistently lying and evading responsibility while Israeli soldiers are being killed in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel says to continue Gaza war, 18,600 Palestinians killed so far

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Israel will continue its war against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip regardless of the absence of international support, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said. Over 18,600 Palestinians have died so far in Israeli war on Gaza.
Middle East

British MPs call on UK government to halt arms exports to Israel over war crimes

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Over a dozen British MPs have urged the UK government to halt its arms exports to Israel, stressing they fear Britain is complicit in Israeli atrocities being committed against Palestinians in Gaza.
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