Tehran is concerned that the new Armenia-Azerbaijan corridor, announced in an agreement brokered by Washington earlier this month, threatens its access to regional trade routes and could invite a foreign military presence.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Iran’s Pezeshkian seeks assurances in Armenia as Yerevan, Baku nominate Trump for Nobel
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Iran’s president visits Armenia for talks on US-backed Azerbaijan corridor | News
Iran rejects ‘Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ (TRIPP), says the presence of American companies in the region would be ‘worrying’.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting Armenia for talks on a planned corridor…
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UK warns Sally Rooney after novelist pledges to fund Palestine Action | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The government of the United Kingdom has warned Irish novelist Sally Rooney against funding Palestine Action after she pledged support to the campaign group banned by the Labour-led government as a “terrorist” group last month.
The prime…
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Russia pounds Ukraine, kills more civilians before White House meeting | News
Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities have killed at least 12 people as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Washington, DC, supported by European leaders, for high-stakes peace talks with United States President Donald Trump that could…
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Pentagon steers clear of new Israel-Houthi escalation: What to know
The US military has sought to avoid actions that could threaten the fragile truce with the Iran-armed rebels.
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In Gaza, death does not come all at once. It comes in instalments | Israel-Palestine conflict
When I heard about the killing of Mohammed Noufal and his colleagues from Al Jazeera, my first thoughts were with his sister, Janat. I knew her vaguely in university; she is a polite girl with a beautiful smile, who was studying digital media at…
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Israel needs ‘a Nakba every now and then’ and prefers Hamas rule, says ex-intelligence chief – Middle East Monitor
Palestinians need to face a Nakba “every now and then” and the spiralling death toll in Gaza is “necessary”, said former Israeli intelligence chief Maj Gen Aharon Haliva, in audio recordings broadcast on Ulpan…
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Turkish warship in Tripoli as Ankara courts Libya’s rival administration
The port call follows Ankara’s new military cooperation agreement with Tripoli as Turkey reaches out to rival factions in eastern Libya.
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Irish literary star Sally Rooney pledges UK TV fees to banned pro-Palestine group
Irish author Sally Rooney has vowed to give fees generated by two BBC adaptations of her books to the Palestine Action group — banned recently in the UK as a terrorist organisation — as a government spokesperson on Monday warned anyone flouting…
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Senior Israeli official flees US after paedophilia arrest, sparking debate over Israeli impunity – Middle East Monitor
In another example of what many claim to be Israel’s undue influence over the US, a senior Israeli official facing serious paedophilia charges fled the country after being arrested in a law enforcement sting…
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