UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, describing it as a “horror show” marked by mass devastation and starvation, Anadolu…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey sees attempts to divide Syria as direct threat to its national security, vows to intervene – Middle East Monitor
If the groups in Syria move toward division and destabilisation, Türkiye will consider it a direct threat to its national security and will intervene, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Tuesday, Anadolu…
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AFP journalist covers war as Gaza faces extreme shortages
With fuel prices exorbitant and road travel treacherous in the war-battered Gaza Strip, AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has to walk for hours in the searing heat every day just to document the news.
“I walk 14 to 15 kilometres (nine miles)…
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Saudi Arabia to invest $4B in Syria in boost to Sharaa: What to know
Saudi Arabia is expected to sign investment deals worth around $4 billion with Syria during the Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum, which began on Wednesday in Damascus.
What happened: The forum, organized by the Saudi Ministry of Investment, is…
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Israel targets women in Gaza “deliberately” to halt reproduction | Israel-Palestine conflict
“Palestinian women and girls carry the promise of the continuity of Palestinian life.”
Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, explains why Palestinian women and girls are deliberate targets for the…
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Tunisian president shows Trump’s senior adviser images of Gaza’s suffering children – Middle East Monitor
Tunisian President Kais Saied received Masad Boulos, senior adviser to US President Donald Trump on Arab, Middle East and African affairs, on Tuesday at Carthage Palace.
A video released by the Tunisian presidency…
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Protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy signs bill curbing anticorruption agencies | Civil Rights News
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a controversial bill that hands sweeping authority to Ukraine’s prosecutor general over the country’s independent anticorruption agencies.
This triggered the largest antigovernment protests on Tuesday…
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Fuel shortage forces 6 Gaza health facilities to shut down – Middle East Monitor
Services have ceased at six health facilities in the Gaza Strip due to a fuel shortage exacerbated by Israel’s continued closure of border crossings since March, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
A ministry…
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Japan’s PM Ishiba vows to stay in office despite election debacle | Elections News
Shigeru Ishiba says he wants to ensure the new tariff deal agreed with the US is properly implemented.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied reports he plans to resign over a historic defeat his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered…
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Russian delegation heads to Turkey for talks with Ukraine, news agencies say
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian negotiators are flying to Turkey for the first peace talks with Ukraine in more than seven weeks, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
State agency TASS said talks would take place later on Wednesday in…
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