Middle East

Netanyahu denounces report suggesting Biden persuaded him to cancel a strike against Hezbollah

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that a Wall Street Journal report claiming that he called off a preemptive attack against Hezbollah at the behest of US President Joe Biden was false.
Foreign Policy

Iran vehemently rejects involvement in targeting Israeli interests in West Asia

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Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani has dismissed claims of Tehran's involvement in targeting the Israeli interests in the region.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s president sends message to Pope, hopes Gaza massacre would end in New Year

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has, in a message to the Pope, hoped for an end to the Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip in the New Year.
Middle East

WHO decries ‘decimation’ of health system in Gaza as death toll nears 21k

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned the health system in Gaza is being destroyed as Israel intensifies its aerial and artillery strikes on the besieged Palestinian territory.
Middle East

Report: Some Israelis caught in crossfire on October 7

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An investigation published by the New York Times has outlined in-depth details of Hamas' attack on Kibbutz Be'eri in early October, a community in southern Israel.
Middle East

France, Spain, Italy leave US-led coalition against Yemen

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In a major setback to a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect passage of Israeli-owned and Israel-bound merchant vessels against Yemen's military operation, France, Spain and Italy have officially withdrawn from the alliance.
Middle East

Israel says expanded ground operation across northern and southern Gaza Strip

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Israeli troops have expanded their ground operation in the southern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip and engaged in fierce battles over the weekend, Israel's so-called Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a news conference Saturday.
Middle East

Turkey launches air raids on Iraq, Syria after 12 soldiers killed

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The Turkish air force conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria and destroyed 29 targets of the  Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after 12 soldiers were killed in the past two days in northern Iraq, the defence ministry announced on Saturday.
Middle East

UN says Yemen warring parties agree to implement new ceasefire

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The Saudi Arabia-backed Yemeni government and Houthis have both committed to steps towards a ceasefire, the UN special envoy for Yemen stated on Saturday.
Middle East

UN chief: 4 out of 5 hungriest people globally are in Gaza

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has once again sounded the alarm on the dire humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip, lamenting that four out of “five of the hungriest people anywhere in the world are" in the coastal territory.
Americas

Biden says did not ask for ceasefire in Gaza during phone call with Netanyahu

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US President Joe Biden says he did not call for a ceasefire in Gaza during his phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Middle East

UN agency says “no place is safe” in Gaza as Israel calls for new areas to evacuate

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Thomas White, a top official with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, has warned Israel's military call for the evacuation of new parts of central Gaza, will impact more than 150,000 people — many already displaced.
Middle East

100 journalists killed since start of war: Gaza media office

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At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip began on October 7, according to new figures released by the government media office in Gaza.
Europe

Ukrainian troops say facing acute ammunition shortage

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The Ukrainian army is facing an acute shortage of ammunition, hampering its counteroffensive operations while Russia does not seem to have the same problem, the Washington Post has reported, citing forces deployed on the frontlines.
Middle East

Gazans facing starvation: WHO chief

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Residents in Gaza City are facing starvation and selling their possessions for food, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned.
Middle East

Iran, Egypt presidents call for mutual efforts to end Gaza war

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In their first phone call, the presidents of Iran and Egypt have urged closer mutual attempts and employment of all capacities to put an end to the Israeli bombardments of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Saudis overwhelmingly say Arab countries should severe ties with Israel amid Gaza war

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A new poll has found that 96 percent of Saudi nationals believe that Arab nations should cut ties with Israel in response to the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, and that the popularity of Hamas has grown significantly amid Israel's devastating military offensive on the embattled territory.
Americas

US ‘alert to risks’ of Houthi strikes on global economy

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The director of the White House’s Economic Council Lael Brainard has stated that President Joe Biden’s national security team is very focused on Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea amid the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Several shipping companies have announced they will pause all journeys through the Red Sea after a series of raids by Yemen’s fighters.
Middle East

Two-thirds of Israelis want Gaza ceasefire agreement: Poll

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Sixty-seven percent of Israelis are in favour of an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli captives of Hamas that would bring about a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, according to a Lazar Institute poll published by Israeli daily Maariv.
Middle East

Analysis shows Israel has dropped hundreds of 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza

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In the first month of its war on Gaza, Israel dropped hundreds of massive bombs, many of them capable of killing or wounding people more than 1,000 feet away, analysis by CNN and artificial intelligence company Synthetaic have suggested.
Middle East

UN Security Council passes resolution on Gaza aid delivery as US, Russia abstain

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The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, following several delays over the last week as the United States lobbied to weaken the language regarding calls for a ceasefire in the besieged strip.
Middle East

335k kids in Gaza Strip at high risk of preventable death due to food insecurity: UNICEF

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Children in the Gaza Strip under the age of 5 — about 335,000 kids — are at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death, as the risk of famine conditions continues to increase, according to a UNICEF statement on Friday.
Europe

Sources say US wants $300 billion of Russian assets for Ukraine

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The White House has reportedly begun “urgent” discussions with Western allies on seizing frozen Russian assets and using them to help Ukraine, The New York Times has reported, citing anonymous sources. The alleged move comes as the West struggles to greenlight new aid packages for Kiev.
Middle East

Turkey captures hundreds for alleged Daesh links

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Turkish police and counterterrorism squads arrested 304 people suspected of ties to the Daesh terrorist group, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.
Middle East

US intelligence analysis: Hamas’ influence and credibility has grown since its attack on Israel

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A flurry of new analysis by US intelligence agencies has revealed that Hamas’ credibility and influence has grown dramatically in the two months since the October 7 military operation in the Middle East and beyond
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