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Damascus: In a seismic moment for the Middle East, Islamist rebels in Syria announced President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster on Sunday after seizing control of Damascus, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war. The fall of Bashar al-Assad came as a major blow to…
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Jerusalem: The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a video on Saturday of an Israeli hostage held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack of October 2023. In the undated, three-and-half-minute video that AFP has not been able to verify, Matan Zangauker says in Hebrew that he has been in captivity…
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A section of anti-Israeli students at Columbia University are being criticised after they distributed a hateful newspaper, “The Columbia Intifada” on the campus, according to a report in the NY Post. The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group printed 1,000 copies of the broadsheet and handed it out to students on the campus of…
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Nearly 400 days since the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel that led to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon, more than 43,000 have been killed, mostly civilians. Despite calls by the United Nations (UN) for action to address the humanitarian crisis; an International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict on the risk…
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The Israeli army called for the evacuation of some areas in southern Gaza on Monday. Jerusalem: The Israeli army called for the evacuation of some areas in southern Gaza on Monday, warning that Palestinian militants were launching rockets from there. “Terrorist organisations are once again firing rockets towards the State of Israel from your area,”…
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The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday (December 1, 2024) it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into Gaza because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted recent convoys. The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands…
US charity World Central Kitchen said Saturday it was “pausing operations in Gaza at this time” after an Israeli air strike hit a vehicle carrying its workers. The Israeli military confirmed that a Palestinian employee of WCK was killed in a strike, accusing the worker of being a “terrorist” who “infiltrated Israel and took part…
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Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem. Beirut: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday declared a “great victory” against Israel in his first speech since a ceasefire went into effect in Lebanon. “I have decided to declare… officially and clearly that we are facing a great victory that surpasses that of July 2006,” Qassem said, adding: “We won…
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A view shows Rimon Market kosher store, which was managed by Zvi Kogan, an Israeli rabbi who was found murdered, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel condemned on Sunday (November 24, 2024) the murder of a rabbi in the…
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Donald Trump’s re-election as the US president last week comes at a time of extreme volatility in the Middle East. The president-elect has promised to end all wars. In his usual impulsive and unpredictable manner, he has pledged to resolve the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office and help Israel finish its Gaza…
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