Israeli military actions in Syria continue despite American efforts toward a security deal, with one minister recently saying that “war is inevitable.”
Category: 3. Middle East
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Syria says Israel made arrest in south as US pushes for deal: What to know
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Heavy rains flood displacement camps in Gaza, sparking catastrophe warnings – Middle East Monitor
Torrential rains fueled by a strong low-pressure system have inundated thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, aid officials and local authorities reported on Wednesday, warning of…
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Trump opposes Israeli army presence at Gaza ‘yellow line’ and urges withdrawal, Israeli media report – Middle East Monitor
US President Donald Trump has signalled to Israel that he does not support plans for the Israeli army to remain deployed along the so-called “Yellow Line” inside the Gaza Strip, and may push for a further…
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Syrian official says calls for calm in Quneitra ‘no longer useful’ amid escalating Israeli attacks – Middle East Monitor
A Syrian official warned on Tuesday that appeals for calm in Quneitra province have become futile amid escalating Israeli attacks in the area.
Speaking to the state-run Al-Ikhbariya channel, Muhammad al-Saeed,…
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Israel continues to block foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Israel continues to prevent international journalists from entering the Gaza Strip independently to report on conditions there, despite the ongoing ceasefire.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Jerusalem held another…
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At least 22 killed in collapse of two buildings in Moroccan city of Fez
By Ahmed Elimam and Ahmed El Jechtimi
RABAT, Dec 10 (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed and 16 others injured overnight when two adjacent buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco’s oldest cities, the prosecutor said on Wednesday.One…
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Israeli Druze leader seeks US security guarantees for Syrian minority
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence…
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Iraq removes Hezbollah and Houthis from terror asset-freeze list after ‘administrative error’ – Middle East Monitor
Iraq has confirmed the removal of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Ansar Allah (the Houthis) from its list of entities whose assets were frozen, after determining that their earlier inclusion had been the result of…
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How al-Assad’s Syria broke its own people in Sednaya prison
Sednaya, the Assad regime’s flagship prison, became Syria’s slaughterhouse, where thousands were tortured and killed
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Young Palestinian dies in Israeli custody, dozens taken in West Bank raids | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A young Palestinian man has died while being held in captivity by Israeli authorities, according to the Palestinian Authority, as Israeli military and settler violence across the occupied West Bank reaches levels unseen in decades, and its…
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