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Several injured in Tel Aviv car-ramming and stabbing attack

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Several people have been wounded in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police. This happened on the second day of Israel’s largest military offensive in Jenin in the occupied West Bank in decades.
Int'l Relations

Iran’s UN mission: Israel responds only to logic of force, not dialog

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The Iranian Permanent Mission to the United Nations condemns the Israeli regime’s acts of aggression against the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp, saying Tel Aviv only understands the logic of force, and not dialog or compromise.
Middle East

Turkey and Egypt restore diplomatic ties after a decade

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Turkey and Egypt have appointed ambassadors to each other’s capitals for the first time in a decade to restore normal diplomatic relations, Ankara and Cairo announced on Tuesday.
Middle East

Thousands of Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp amid Israeli raid

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About 3,000 Palestinians have fled the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank since Israeli forces began a significant military onslaught in the area on Monday, a Palestinian official announced on Tuesday.
Middle East

Palestinian resistance groups pledge revenge against Israeli raid on Jenin

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Palestinian resistance factions have vowed to retaliate against Israel in the wake of a deadly act of aggression against the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Middle East

Palestine halts security coordination with Israel after Jenin massacre

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Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended contact and security coordination with Israel, his office announced in a statement.
Middle East

UN to probe fate of thousands missing in Syria war

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The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more 130,000 people missing in the war in Syria. Damascus has called the move “politicised”, and stressed it clearly reflects flagrant interference in the country's internal affairs”.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM says welcomes restoration of ties with Egypt, Morocco

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The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran welcomes resumption and development of ties with Egypt and Morocco.
Middle East

Israel not to deliver Iron Dome to Ukraine for fear it falls into Iran’s hands: PM

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Israel is concerned that if Ukraine is provided with cutting-edge Iron Dome air defense system, it could end up finding its way into Tehran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in an interview released on Thursday.
Middle East

Two dead in shooting outside US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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A shooting incident outside the US Consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah has left two people dead — a Nepalese security guard and the gunman who initially opened fire. US and Saudi officials have confirmed the incident as investigations continue into the attack.
Middle East

US says Saudi Arabia-Israel normalisation difficult but possible

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that establishing diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv is difficult but possible, reasserting that Washington is pushing to normalise ties between the two sides.
Middle East

UN expresses concern about surging terror acts by Israeli settlers in WB

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The United Nations has raised the alarm over surging violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, slamming it as "terrorism" against Palestinians.
Middle East

UN denounced for excluding Israel from list of shame for child killings

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The international anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign's Palestine chapter has slammed the United Nations for keeping the name of the Zionist regime out of its annual list of child killers.
Middle East

Turkish lira sinks to all-time low

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The Turkish lira was trading flat on Tuesday, remaining at a record low against the US dollar. It comes after Turkey’s central bank stopped using forex reserves to maintain the exchange rate of the national currency.
Middle East

Israel OKs plans to build thousands of new homes in WB

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Israel’s far-right government has approved plans to build thousands of new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials have decried the move as part of an “open war against the Palestinian people”.
Religion

‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia, 2.5 million in attendance

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The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun as crowds of Muslims donning white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre of Islam’s holiest site, their prayers ringing through the air. The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million.
Middle East

Israeli security chiefs describe settler raids on Palestinian villages as “nationalist terrorism”

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Israeli security chiefs have designated settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank as "nationalist terrorism" that merit stepped-up counter measures. The remarks drew anger from far-right cabinet ministers.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in West Bank

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A Palestinian teenager was left bleeding to death after an Israeli shooting attack at Qalandia military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.
Middle East

Netanyahu vows to move on “judicial reforms”; Israelis hold massive rallies

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Israeli demonstrators kept up their months-old protests against the government's judicial overhaul Saturday for the 25th week in a row, days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the controversial reforms.
Middle East

UN condemns Israel’s use of ‘advanced military weaponry’ in West Bank’s Jenin

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The violence in the occupied West Bank “risks spiralling out of control”, according to the United Nations human rights chief who slammed Israel’s use of deadly force in a recent raid on the Jenin refugee camp that killed at least seven Palestinians.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthi, Saudi Arabia swap bodies amid peace negotiations

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Yemen’s Houthi movement and Riyadh have swapped bodies of the fallen fighters in the latest sign of progress in talks aimed at ending the war.
Middle East

Israel plans to authorize 1,000 new homes in West Bank

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Tel Aviv is seeking to authorize 1,000 new homes for the Eli settlement in the occupied West Bank in response to the shooting that killed four Israeli settlers on Tuesday. It comes a day after an Israeli raid killed seven Palestinians in Jenin, occupied West Bank.
Middle East

3 Palestinians killed in Israel drone raid on West Bank

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An Israeli drone strike hit a vehicle in the northern West Bank and killed three people in a new escalation of attacks on the occupied Palestinian territory.
Middle East

Iran, Russian and Turkey stress commitment to Syria’s sovereignty, slam Israeli raids

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Participants at the 20th international meeting on Syria in the Astana format- Tehran, Moscow and Ankara- have stressed their commitment to Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. They have also voiced their firm opposition to Israel’s acts of aggression and airstrikes against the Arab country.
Foreign Policy

Iran Leader says Israel to be brought to its knees in West Bank

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said the West Bank is where the Zionist regime will be brought to its knees.  He made the remarks in a meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran on Wednesday.
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