The Pentagon has opened the aperture on al-Shabaab in recent months, allowing AFRICOM to ramp up strikes on the al-Qaeda offshoot in the Horn of Africa.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Top US general calls out Houthi-Shabaab ties across Yemen-Somalia strait
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Postwar Gaza plans stall over challenge of disarming Hamas
Hamas is confronting a rare public backlash in Gaza as the death toll mounts from Israel’s bombardment and uncertainty looms over the militant group’s postwar future.
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Gaza heritage and destruction on display in Paris
A new exhibition opening in Paris on Friday showcases archaeological artifacts from Gaza, once a major commercial crossroads between Asia and Africa, whose heritage has been ravaged by Israel’s ongoing onslaught.
Around a hundred artifacts,…
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Hungry, scared Darfur civilians fear RSF attack, plead for army help | Sudan war News
Civilians in Sudan’s North Darfur’s capital, el-Fasher, and surrounding towns are starving.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have imposed a siege on them for about a year, yet they managed to forestall an invasion thanks to the…
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US allies and adversaries react to Trump’s tariffs
Trump’s new global tariffs have shocked both allies and adversaries alike.
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Israeli FM says indirect US-Iran talks likely, hails 'common objective' with France
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said France shares the same concerns as Israel on the Iranian nuclear plan and predicted that Washington would soon launch indirect talks with Tehran.
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OPEC+ members boost output as Trump tariffs bring down oil prices
The US president has been calling on Saudi Arabia and other top oil producers to boost production and bring down prices.
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strikes in north kill at least 15
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes in the north of the territory killed at least 15 people Thursday, as the military warned residents to leave the area.
Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the strikes targeted several homes in…
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Gaza faces ‘largest orphan crisis’ in modern history, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says.
Tens of thousands of Palestinian children have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the…
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Trump’s tariffs: Which countries will hit back – and which likely won’t? | Donald Trump News
US President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-awaited “reciprocal” tariff plan, in a move that sent financial markets reeling amid growing fears of a global trade war.
On Wednesday, Trump announced a 10 percent “minimum baseline tariff”…
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