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Iranian Foreign Ministry: Amirabdollahian to visit UAE 

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani says Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian is planning to visit the United Arab Emirates as he tours the Persian Gulf Arab countries.
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15-year-old Palestinian girl injured by Israeli troops dies of wounds

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A 15-year-old Palestinian girl who was critically wounded during the Israeli army attack in Jenin on Monday, succumbed to her wounds on Wednesday.
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Ansarullah official lauds Iran’s efforts to end Yemen’s suffering in face of Saudi war

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Mohammed Abdul-Salam, the spokesman for Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, has lauded Tehran’s support for Yemen and its attempts to put an end to the suffering of the Yemeni nation in the face of the Saudi-led war.
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UN Middle East envoy ‘deeply alarmed by cycle of violence’ in West Bank

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Tor Wennesland, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, says he is “deeply alarmed by the continuing cycle of violence and appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives”. Four Israeli settlers and two Palestinians have been killed in the recent violence in the occupied West Bank.
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Iran FM urges regional security mechanism in Persian Gulf

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The Iranian foreign minister, in a meeting with with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hama, has called for a collective regional mechanism to enhance security of the Persian Gulf.
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Four Israeli settlers killed in West Bank shooting

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At least four Israeli settlers have been killed and four others wounded in a shooting near an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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Iranian Pres.: West Asia resistance front is now stronger than ever

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told a Hamas delegation in Tehran headed by the movement’s leader Ismail Haniyah that the victories of the Palestinian resistance shows the Israeli regime’s claim about its deterrence power is false.
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Saudi Arabia executes youth over terror charges

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Riyadh has executed a young man from the Shia-populated Qatif region over allegations of involvement in terrorist activities. Critics see the move as part of a heavy-handed crackdown led by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince against political dissidents.
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Major suspect in Khashoggi case seen in public for first time since murder

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Saud al-Qahtani, a former senior aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a prime suspect in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, has been seen in public in the city of Jeddah, using a walking stick, for the first time since the Saudi journalist's 2018 assassination.
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Israel says direct flights to Saudi Arabia for Hajj won’t happen now

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Israel has announced that hoped-for direct Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia would not happen this year, playing down any prospects of an imminent U.S.-mediated normalisation of relations with the kingdom.
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Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian youth in West Bank after Jenin massacre

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Israeli forces have fatally shot another Palestinian youth during an attack on a village located west of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. It comes hours after Israeli troops killed five Palestinian people in the Jenin refugee camp.
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UN expresses deep concern over Israel’s unrelenting settlement expansion

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The United Nations voiced deep concern about Israel’s plan to approve the construction of thousands of new settler units in the occupied West Bank.
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Qatar and UAE resume diplomatic relations after six years

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Qatar and the United Arab Emirates announced on Monday they had resumed diplomatic ties after six years and were reopening respective embassies with immediate effect.
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Egypt blames EU for canceling meeting with Arab League over Syria’s readmission

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Cairo has lashed out at the latest move by the European Union (EU) to cancel next week’s ministerial meeting with the Arab League over Syria’s readmission to the pan-Arab body. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has denounced the decision as regrettable.
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5 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli raid on Jenin, West Bank

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An Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Monday has killed at least five Palestinians and wounded almost 60, with 10 in critical condition.
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Israel set to ramp up settlement expansion in West Bank

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Israel’s hardline coalition government has approved plans for the construction of thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank. Given the far-right finance minister sweeping powers, Israel is to expedite the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, bypassing measures that have been in place for 27 years.
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Hamas delegation headed by Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on official visit

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A delegation of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas headed by the chief of its political bureau Ismail Haniyeh, has arrived in Tehran.
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Biden’s senior ME adviser visits S. Arabia to discuss possible normalization with Israel

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Brett McGurk, US President Joe Biden’s senior Middle East adviser, has reportedly traveled to Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi officials that will focus on the administration's efforts to reach a normalization agreement between the kingdom and Tel Aviv, two US officials told Axios.
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Netanyahu seeking ‘active steps’ on Israel judicial overhaul despite mass rallies

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would pursue "active steps" on a contested judicial reforms within days after what he described as months of wasteful compromise talks with the political opposition.
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Israelis rally against PM’s judicial plan for 24th week

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied in Tel Aviv and other cities in the occupied territories to protest judicial overhaul plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
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Hajj pilgrims leave Yemen for Saudi Arabia in first direct flight since 2016

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The first commercial flight from Yemen's capital Sana'a to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying Hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war.
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UK MPs call on premier to raise human rights with Bahrain’s crown prince

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British lawmakers have expressed their "grave concern" to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about political repression in Bahrain ahead of a visit by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to London. They have asked Sunak to push for the release of political prisoners in the Arab country in return for the unconditional financial support the kingdom receives from the UK.
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Rights groups say Macron is ‘main architect’ of rehabilitation of MbS

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French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a one-on-one meeting on Friday, a visit that has drawn the ire of human rights groups that are criticizing the French leader for "rehabilitating" the Saudi leader's international image.
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Khashoggi’s widow sues Israeli spyware firm over phone hacking

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The widow of murdered US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has sued an Israeli tech firm, saying foreign governments used the company’s spyware to track her movements and forced her into a “state of constant hyper-vigilance.”
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Far-right minister set to tighten grip on Israeli police

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Israel’s Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is attempting to tighten his grip on Israeli police force after reports emerged that he will not extend the term of the police chief.
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