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Israel says won't withdraw from Syria's demilitarized zone
Press TV
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July 16, 2025
Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says Tel Aviv will not withdraw from the demilitarized buffer zone in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights. In a post on X, Smotrich said the military’s presence in the area is “essential for the...
How will Syria’s government deal with the ‘Druze dilemma’?
Al Jazeera
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July 15, 2025
Bedouin groups and fighters from Syria’s Druze minority have been involved in sectarian violence. Syria’s new government is facing a serious challenge. This time, it is not from foreign powers or from remnants of the regime of former President...
Iraq moves to ward off US sanctions over Iran oil smuggling
The New Arab
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July 15, 2025
An oil tanker in the Persian Gulf near Bushehr in southern Iran on 29 April 2024. [Getty] Iraqi officials are trying to stop the US from slapping sanctions on its critical oil sector over suspicions that Iran is smuggling crude through the...
Syria asserts right to defend itself from Israeli attacks amid carnage in Druze area
The Times of Israel
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July 15, 2025
Syria on Tuesday condemned Israel’s airstrikes on the southern province of Sweida, which targeted government forces as they entered the region where bloody sectarian clashes with local Druze militias have raged in recent days. “The Syrian Arab...
Syrian defense authorities announce ceasefire in Sweida following days of bloody confrontation
Xinhua News Agency
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Syrian security forces are seen upon entering Sweida city, southern Syria, on July 15, 2025. Syrian defense authorities on Tuesday declared a complete ceasefire in the southern province of Sweida following days of deadly clashes between local...
Syria security forces arrest 'Hezbollah operative'
The New Arab
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July 14, 2025
Syrian security forces have detained hundreds of people linked to the former regime since Assad fled the country in December. [Getty] Syria's Interior Ministry said on Sunday that security forces had arrested a person affiliated to Hezbollah who...
Israel bombs Syria’s Druze city of Suwayda hours after ceasefire
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
Israeli forces have launched air strikes on Suwayda in southern Syria, as fighting returned to the predominantly Druze city hours after the Syrian government declared a ceasefire. The Syrian Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Tuesday that...
Syria says it will defend its territory after Israeli strikes in Suwayda
Daily News Egypt
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July 15, 2025
Syria on Tuesday asserted its right to defend its territory by all means under international law, after Israel announced it had struck Syrian army military vehicles in the predominantly Druze province of Suwayda, where a ceasefire has now been...
Israel launches rare attack on Syrian government forces
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Syrian government condemned the Israeli attack and said it was aimed at undermining the country’s stability. It said a number of its forces had been killed, as had civilians. Dozens of people have been killed this week in violence that erupted...
Syrian regime forces celebrate capture of Druze stronghold
Israel Hayom
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July 15, 2025
Syrian regime troops have taken control of most of Suwayda, the capital of the Druze Mountain region, in a brutal assault marked by mass executions, humiliations, and house-to-house killings targeting the Druze minority. According to reports...
Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon’s east
Dawn
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July 16, 2025
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities said Israeli strikes killed 12 people on Tuesday in the Bekaa Valley in the country’s east, where the Israeli military claimed attacks on Hezbollah. Israel’s military said it struck targets belonging to Hezbollah’s...
Israel Strikes Syrian Troops To Protect The Druze
Charter 97
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Clashes between Sunni Bedouins and Druze began in southern Syria on July 13. The Israeli Air Force on Monday and Tuesday, July 14 and 15, struck government forces' military equipment and supply routes in Syria. This came after the Syrian army...
Syria declares Suweida truce after two days of deadly clashes
The New Arab
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July 15, 2025
Hundreds of people have been killed and injured in more than two days of fighting between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes. [Getty] Syria's defence minister on Tuesday morning announced a truce between local Druze militias, government forces, and...
Iranian president suffered minor injuries in Israeli strike during last month's conflict: report
GEO TV
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Pezeshkian suffered minor leg injuries during strike, says report. Six missiles struck building’s entry, exit points: report Officials reportedly escape through pre-planned emergency exit. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian suffered minor leg...
Israeli action claims 18 lives in Gaza
Dawn
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July 16, 2025
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 18 people on Tuesday, including two women who were shot near an aid distribution point in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The Israeli invasion since October 2023 has...
Egyptian Countryside Development explores cooperation with Kharafi NatEnergy
Daily News Egypt
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July 15, 2025
Amr Abdel Wahab, Chairperson and Managing Director of the Egyptian Countryside Development Company, met with a high-level delegation from the Kharafi NatEnergy Group to discuss potential avenues for cooperation in infrastructure, energy, and water...
Israel’s Psychological Reckoning
The Jewish Exponent - Pennsylvania
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July 15, 2025
For nearly two years, Israel has lived in a state of unrelenting crisis. What began on Oct. 7 has morphed into a protracted war without a clear endpoint. But while rockets and military operations dominate the headlines, a quieter, more insidious...
Turks and Caicos Inches Toward Food Security Goals as CARICOM Reaffirms Commitment to Climate and Agricultural Resilience
Magnetic Media
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July 14, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton | Editor July 14, 2025 – The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), a British Overseas Territory and associate member of CARICOM, continues to grapple with one of the region’s starkest trade imbalances — importing more than 90% of its...
Israel strikes Hezbollah's Radwan Force training sites in E. Lebanon
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes Tuesday targeting wide areas in eastern Lebanon, hitting positions belonging to Lebanon's Hezbollah group. The official Lebanese National News Agency...
Israel says it will cut off electricity and water to Unrwa's offices
Middle East Eye
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July 15, 2025
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) continues to be targeted by Israel. In the latest attack on the agency, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen announced the government was planning to cut off electricity and water to the...