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Everywhere in Gaza is ‘a potential killing zone’: UN head

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, warning that "nowhere is safe" in the besieged enclave.
Middle East

Assad says will only meet Erdogan if ‘core’ issues addressed

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has stated he would only meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if the two countries could focus on the core issues of Ankara's support for "terrorism" and the pullout of Turkish troops from Syrian territory.
Europe

EU puts sanctions on far-right Israelis over rights abuses against Palestinians

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The European Union has imposed sanctions against five extremist Israeli settlers and three entities for “serious and systematic human rights abuses” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Pezeshkian: My administration will continue supporting Palestinians

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Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran’s support for Palestine will continue in the incoming Iranian administration.
Middle East

Syrians voting in parliamentary election

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Syrians are heading to the polls to choose their representatives to the parliament in the fourth election of the legislative body since the 2011 war broke out.
Middle East

Bodies of dozens likely Daesh victims recovered from mass grave in Iraq

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Iraqi authorities have uncovered the remains of tens of people in a mass grave in northern Iraq, likely victims of the Daesh terror group.
Middle East

UN says clearing Gaza of war rubble will take 15 years

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A fleet of more than one hundred lorries would take 15 years to clear the besieged Gaza Strip of almost 40m tonnes of rubble in an operation costing between $500m (£394m) and $600m, a United Nations assessment has shown.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Pezeshkian lauds Yemen for ‘courageous’ support of Gaza

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Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has hailed Yemeni leaders and people for their courageous support of the Palestinian nation at a time when several countries have refused to take any action to back the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israeli military onslaught.
Middle East

Gaza death toll tops 38,500

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At least 141 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll to 38,584 since early October last year, the Health Ministry in the battered territory reported on Sunday.
Middle East

Syria sets conditions for restoring ties with Turkey

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The Syrian foreign ministry has reiterated that normalizing relations with Ankara hinges on returning to the status quo before 2011.
Middle East

Egyptian sources say Gaza ceasefire talks on halt, Israel not serious

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Gaza ceasefire talks have been halted after three days of intense negotiations failed to produce a viable outcome, two Egyptian security sources have stated, blaming Israel for lacking the genuine intent to reach an agreement.
Middle East

Hamas says Deif mocking Netanyahu’s empty claims

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Hamas has dismissed claims that Israel's deadly airstrikes against a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip were aimed at assassination of the Palestinian movement’s leaders, saying Tel Aviv uses such claims as a pretext to massacre civilians.
Foreign Policy

Iran strongly condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza refugee camp

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Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nasser Kanaani strongly deplored the recent Israeli crimes in Khan Yunis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of Palestinian civilians.
Middle East

Death toll in Israeli strike on Khan Younis rises to 90: health authorities

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At least 90 Palestinians, half of them children and women, were killed in an Israeli air raid on tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Saturday, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Sunday.
Middle East

Dozens killed, nearly 300 wounded in Israeli strikes on displaced people in Khan Younis

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Dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded in an Israeli attack on a displaced people's camp in Gaza's Khan Younis, according to the government media office.
Middle East

Poll: Most Israelis want Netanyahu to resign over Hamas attack

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Nearly three quarters of Israelis want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over his government’s failures during the October 7 Hamas incursion, according to a survey published by Channel 12 on Friday.
Americas

Israel, Hamas agree on framework for Gaza ceasefire: Biden

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Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have agreed on a framework for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, US President Joe Biden has claimed.
Americas

US imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

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Washington has announced new sanctions on several Israeli settlers and affiliated groups, accusing them of involvement in violence or threats of violence targeting civilians, seizure of property, or other actions that threaten security in the occupied West Bank.
Middle East

Israeli army acknowledges failure to protect settlement during Hamas attack

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The Israeli army has admitted its failure to safeguard the Be’eri settlement near the Gaza Strip during the Oct. 7, 2023 surprise attack by Hamas.
Middle East

News organisations call on Israel to allow open access to Gaza

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Over 60 media and civil society organisations have penned a letter urging Israel to give journalists independent access to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Americas

US official says Washington to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel

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US President Joe Biden's administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in the densely populated enclave, an American official has stated.
Foreign Policy

President-elect: Iran ready for constructive dialog with regional Arab states

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Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has invited the regional Arab countries to engage in “constructive dialog” and joint endeavors with Tehran towards enhancement of unity, security, stability and prosperity across West Asia.
Middle East

Analysts warn Israel-Hezbollah war would plunge Egypt into further darkness

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Already suffering rolling blackouts in sweltering summer heat, Egyptians would be plunged into further darkness if tensions between Israel and Lebanon's powerful group Hezbollah break out into war, analysts have told Middle East Eye.
Middle East

Hezbollah has no fear of war with Israel: Nasrallah

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Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that Hezbollah is undaunted by the prospect of conflict with Israel. The secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement pledged formidable retaliation in case of a potential invasion of Lebanon by the Zionist regime.
Middle East

Israel’s army orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City

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The Israeli military has ordered all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south, as it presses ahead with a fresh military operation across the north, south and central area of the besieged strip.
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