The UAE-Israel normalization deal upends rigid Arab conventions on Mid-East peace
An almost religious precept held by the Arab world was that no normal relations with Israel were allowed before Palestinian
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US, Israeli military chiefs fine-tune coordination amid rising tensions with Iran, Hizballah
US Gen. Mark Milley paid an unannounced visit to Israel on Friday, July 24, for security talks with Israel’s military
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Khamenei: We will support any entity who fights Zionist regime
Responding to outrage over a cartoon calling for a “Final Solution.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei explained on Wednesday, May 20, that
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Potential pandemic looms, says WHO, as covid-19 spreads to 12 new countries in 24 hours and global markets slump
Nigeria reported the first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa on Friday, Feb. 28, one of 46 countries outside China
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Surge of Shiite militia attacks in store for US forces in Iraq, possibly Israel too
Iran’s leaders are not likely to be deterred by US President Donald Trump’s warning on Dec. 31 that Tehran would
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US strikes 5 Iranian Al Qods/militia bases in Syria and Iraq. Iranian casualties
DEBKAfile Exclusive: The five targets struck by the US air force on Monday, Dec. 29, on both sides of the
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Jihad turns to using short-range rockets against Israeli locations close to Gaza
During Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad withheld use of its long-range rockets against central Israel and instead hammered
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Israel is at war with Islamic Jihad. Tehran weighs opening northern fronts as punishment for Al-Atta killing
By two targeted assassinations in Gaza and Damascus, Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 12, went to war against the Palestinian Islamic
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Lebanon’s plunge into civil warfare shakes Iran, Hizballah as Mid East powerhouses
The Hizballah “special forces” battling Lebanese protesters are bound to swap their sticks for live ammo as Lebanon plunges into
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The hidden hand stirring up unrest in Iraq at cost of 100 lives, 4,000 injured: Sadr at Tehran’s behest
Iraq’s masses have plenty of cause to protest their lot – galloping unemployment, poor services – but why now? Is
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