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Syrian mission to UN to continue work after regime exit, calls for Israel's withdrawal

The UN has called Israel's role in taking over the buffer zone a violation of a 1974 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Syria.

 Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak
A northern Gaza tunnel uncovered and dismantled by the IDF.

IDF dismantles Hamas underground terror tunnel in northern Gaza

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Inside Israel's civilian revolution: The rise of citizen-run news channels

 A SOLDIER passes by a burned-out car in Kiryat Shmona in the aftermath of a rocket attack on the northern Israeli city, earlier this month. Since the conflict began, northern Israel has come under repeated rocket and drone attacks from Lebanon, the writer notes.

What mainstream media isn’t reporting during the Israel-Hamas war - opinion


Israel accused of jailing as many 'journalists' as Iran in CPJ report

Despite CPJ's claims, the IDF stresses that "journalists" arrested in Gaza are connected to Hamas and other terror organizations in the Strip.

 The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah who was killed on October 13 during an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

Israel doubled attacks on Iran to combat secret sea war, Gallant reveals

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also revealed Tehran's secret sea war against Israel, presenting new photographic evidence.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi at the IDF's annual operational forum on March 20, 2023.

Egypt to apply to host 2036 Olympic Games

Egypt hopes to make history by becoming the first Arab or African country to host the Summer Olympic Games, following the 2032 Brisbane games.

 Sphinx in front of pyramids, Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Iran’s officials fear disturbances in Caucasus and Gulf - analysis

Iran feels pressure intensifying as countries they once felt they could lean on are formalizing diplomatic ties with Israel, as well as ties teetering with their closest neighbors.

 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2022

Slavery and dispossession in the modern Middle East

As a nation of immigrants, and following two thousand years of oppression, there are many who feel as though Israel should be more sympathetic to the plight of those seeking refuge from tyranny.

A MIGRANT looks out of a barred door at a detention center in Gharyan, Libya, on October 12

Middle Israel: Person of the year

He showed all Israeli fanatics how to distinguish between civil debate and civil war.

Shas MK Yigal Guetta

Terra Incognita: Western policy makers, stop being obsessed with ‘solutions’ in the Middle East

The key is to accept that some things are not “solvable” and hybrid structures and new paradigms are a good thing.

A tile design with the map of the world

'Interesting things happening' on Mideast peace, Trump tweets

"Spoke yesterday with the King of Saudi Arabia about peace in the Middle-East. Interesting things are happening!"

US President Donald Trump, flanked by White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi prince flogged in court-ordered punishment

Lashing comes after another Saudi prince was executed for murder.

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A luggage loading vehicle is driven past Middle East Airlines aircraft at Beirut Airport, Lebanon

Netanyahu: Now is the time for unity government, not announcements of building in settlements

PM holds press conference in wave of terror attacks, vowing to defeat the phenomenon; calls on Herzog to bring his Zionist Union faction into his government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Octobe 8, 2015