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Hamas sets new conditions in hostage medicines deal
A top Hamas official announced new conditions Wednesday for delivering medicines to hostages held by the group in Gaza, insisting trucks carrying…
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Biden administration to designate Yemen’s Houthis as terror group, again
The Biden administration is expected to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terror group this week, less than three years after reversing a…
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UKMTO receives report of unidentified uncrewed aerial system sighted near Yemen
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization received on Tuesday a report of an unidentified uncrewed aerial system sighted…
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Israel says two hostages killed in Gaza, Hamas blames Israeli bombing
An Israeli kibbutz on Tuesday confirmed that two hostages whose deaths were announced by Hamas in a video had been “murdered” in…
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US offers to boost security ties with Iraq after Iran strike
A top US official met Iraq’s prime minister on Tuesday and offered greater security cooperation after Iran carried out a strike in its…
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US Middle East envoy holds Gaza hostage release talks in Qatar, shows optimism
US Middle East3 envoy Brett McGurk was in Doha in recent days discussing a a new deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages…
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Are the Houthi Red Sea interceptions going to bring about a regional war?
Yemen’s Houthis hit a US-owned ship on Monday, a day after attacking a US navy destroyer in the Red Sea,…
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Egypt foils drug smuggling operation on Egyptian-Israeli border, arrests six
Egypt thwarted a drug smuggling attempt after an exchange of gunfire close to a crossing on the Egyptian-Israeli border where aid…
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Iran guards attack alleged Israeli ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq’s Erbil
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “espionage headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported…
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Gaza’s displaced families battle harsh winter with makeshift tents, burning waste
In a makeshift tent of cloth and plastic, Ismail Nabhan huddled by a fire with his children and grandchildren as…
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