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Lebanon says Israeli air strike hits target in east
22 hours ago · Lebanon's state media said an Israeli air strike targeted the Baalbek region in the east of the country before dawn on Wednesday, branding it a "violation" of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.. The truce went into effect on November 27 after more than a year of hostilities that began with the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip. ...
Israeli army presence led to killing of 6 Gaza captives: probe
1 day ago · The Israeli army said on Tuesday it had concluded that military operations in southern Gaza likely led to the killing of six captives in August.. In late August, after troops found the six captives' bodies in an underground shaft in Rafah, the military said they were killed just before soldiers reached them.
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Dec 16, 2024 · The New Arab covers a wide range of news, including politics, culture, and human interest stories from the Arab world.
Netanyahu's ceasefire bluff? Inside talks to end the Gaza war
3 days ago · Despite optimism surrounding the latest ongoing round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still hellbent on sabotaging the talks while using them to buy time and fool US President-elect Trump, several senior officials directly involved in the talks have told The New Arab.. Latest state of affairs. Since July, when Hamas …
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 in Gaza's Nuseirat camp
5 days ago · Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Friday killed at least 25 Palestinians, including seven children from the same family, as the relentless bombardment of the territory continues. Medics confirmed the deaths, with one strike hitting an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least eight people ...
Syrian protester shot by Israel forces amid land grab near Golan
5 days ago · Israeli forces on Friday launched an incursion into two towns in Quneitra province in Syria, near the occupied Golan Heights, demolishing former military posts belonging to the Syrian army, as Syrians in western Deraa province demonstrated against the presence of Israeli forces in the area. Israeli forces fired on the protesting Syrians, injuring one person.
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Dec 17, 2024 · Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the fall of the Assad regime.
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5 days ago · Asaad al-Shibani has been named Syria's new foreign minister, who led the political department of a rebel group in Idlib.
Western nations urge Sudan warring sides to let in aid
Oct 19, 2024 · Western countries including Britain, the United States, France and Germany on Friday urged both sides in war-torn Sudan to let in "urgently required" aid to millions of people in dire need.. War has raged since April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under the country's de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …