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Syria, Turkiye presidents talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s newly-appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa have discussed deepened security ties – including a response to Kurdish fighters in the war-torn country – during a meeting in Ankara.
Middle East

Lebanon files UN Security Council complaint against Israel over ceasefire violations

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Lebanon lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against Israel over its continued violations of a ceasefire accord and UN Resolution 1701.
Americas

Trump floats new $1 billion weapons sale to Israel: WSJ

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US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1bn worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar CAT.N, the report added, citing sources.
Middle East

Israel building military bases in Syria buffer zone: Al Jazeera

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The Israeli military is building military bases in the demilitarised buffer zone with Syria, according to satellite images seen by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.
Middle East

Turkey seeking to establish military bases in Syria: Report

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Turkey has outlined a plan to set up military bases in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report
Middle East

20 killed in Syria’s car bombing

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A car bomb has killed at least 20 people and injured many others on the outskirts of the city of Manbij in northern Syria, the Syrian presidency has announced.
Middle East

Five Arab states oppose removing Palestinians from Gaza in letter to US

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Five Arab foreign ministers and a senior Palestinian official have sent a joint letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing plans to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, as suggested by U.S. President Donald Trump in late January.
Americas

Trump plans to target UN Human Rights Council, UNRWA

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US President Donald Trump is expected to stop Washington’s engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official has stated.
Middle East

70 killed in West Bank by Israel since January: Health Ministry

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According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 70 people, including 10 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2025.
Middle East

Authorities in Gaza say death toll close to 62,000 as missing being added

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Authorities in the Gaza Strip have updated the death toll from Israel’s war on the blockaded enclave to 61,709, having added thousands who were missing and are now presumed dead.
Middle East

Israeli police open criminal investigation into Netanyahu’s wife: Report

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A criminal probe has been opened by the Israeli police into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, over allegations that she sought to intimidate a witness and interfere in the office abuse cases against her husband, The Times of Israel daily has reported.
Middle East

UN Rapporteur: Gaza situation reached unprecedented levels not seen in modern history

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Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, has warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached unprecedented proportions not seen in modern history.
Middle East

UN condemns Israel’s ‘criminal actions’ in West Bank

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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, condemned Israel’s “criminal” actions in the West Bank.
Middle East

Hamas: Israel delaying Gaza relief, reconstruction deal

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The Palestinian group Hamas says Israel is delaying the implementation of relief and reconstruction agreements in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli bombing continued for more than 15 months until a ceasefire took effect on January 19.
Middle East

Israel demolishes neighbourhood in Jenin refugee camp in West Bank

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The Israeli military has pounded Jenin refugee camp and destroyed residential buildings as part of its ongoing large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank.
Middle East

Trump, Netanyahu expected to announce progress on Saudi-Israeli normalization: Report

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A potential normalization agreement between Tel Aviv and the Kingdom of Saudi Arania is moving forward, US President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to announce after their meeting in Washington, DC.
Middle East

Longtime Hezbollah leader to be buried in Lebanon within weeks

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The funeral of longtime Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah will be held on February 23, the Lebanese group has announced, months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack in Beirut.
Middle East

Syria’s new President meets Saudi crown prince in first foreign trip

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Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa has met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) in Riyadh on his first foreign trip since being named president of the transitional government earlier this week.
Middle East

Netanyahu delays sending negotiation team to Qatar ahead of meeting with Trump: Report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided not to send a negotiation team to Doha for talks on the second phase of a ceasefire accord until after he met with US President Donald Trump, according to a report by the Walla news outlet.
Middle East

Palestinians freed by Israel show signs of ‘torture, starvation’

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Dozens of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails show signs of torture and starvation, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society announced following the latest batch that was released on Saturday.
Middle East

At least five Palestinians killed in Jenin by Israel

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A teenager was among five people killed in Israeli strikes in Jenin as the Israeli army’s deadly raids continued across the occupied West Bank.
Middle East

Arab countries reject Trump’s Gaza displacement plan

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A six-nation Arab ministerial meeting in Egypt's Cairo firmly refuted the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and reiterated a demand for the implementation of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.​​​​​​​
Middle East

Hamas releases three Israeli captives in exchange for over 180 Palestinians

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The Palestinian movement Hamas has freed three Israeli captives in two separate handovers in exchange for the release of more than 180 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. This is the latest stage of a gradual prisoner exchange under a ceasefire accord reached after 15 months of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Nearly half a million people return to north Gaza following truce: UN

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The United Nations has reported that "nearly half a million people have returned to northern areas of the Gaza Strip" since the ceasefire took effect.
Middle East

US pressuring Lebanese leadership to isolate Hezbollah: Reuters

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The United States has been blocking bids aimed at the formation of a new government in Lebanon by “pressuring” the country’s top echelons to restrict the influence of Hezbollah and its allies in the upcoming cabinet, according to a report by Reuters.
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