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Yemen’s Foreign Ministry: Iran’s Arming of Houthis Hinders Peace, Fuels Conflict
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 19, 2025
Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Naaman sharply criticized what he described as Iran’s ongoing “hostile policies” against the Yemeni people, accusing Tehran of persistently arming the Houthi movement with large quantities of weapons that...
Syrian Presidency Pledges Specialized Force to Halt Clashes in Sweida
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 19, 2025
Syria's presidency on Friday pledged to send forces to halt the clashes between Bedouin tribal factions and Druze fighters in Sweida, in the south of the country, and urged "restraint.” In a statement, the presidency urged "all parties to exercise...
Smoke from fire in Hoor al-Azim wetland forces remote work in six cities in Iran’s Khuzestan province
Iran Front Page
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July 19, 2025
Authorities in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province have announced that government offices in six cities will operate remotely on Saturday, due to heavy air pollution caused by smoke drifting from a fire in the Iraqi section of the Hoor al-Azim...
Syrian forces who fought militias leave
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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July 18, 2025
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces had largely pulled out of the southern province of Sweida on Thursday after days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority that threatened to unravel the country’s post-war transition. The...
RA MFA comments on Turkish checkpoint renaming proposal
PanARMENIAN.Net
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July 19, 2025 - 11:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Foreign Ministry has responded to an inquiry on whether Yerevan would accept renaming a Turkish-Armenian border checkpoint after Mehmed Talaat Pasha, one of the main orchestrators of the...
US pressures Israel to help resolve crisis in Syria — Sky News Arabia
TASS
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July 18, 2025
DUBAI, July 18. /TASS/. The United States is putting pressure on Israel to help de-escalate the situation in the province of Al-Suwayda in southern Syria and to allow the deployment of the security forces of Syria’s interim government to this...
Israel and Syria agree ceasefire
Otago Daily Times
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July 19, 2025
Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the US envoy to Turkey says, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people. On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus and hit government forces in...
Death toll from Syria violence rises to 940 - monitor
RTE Ireland
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July 19, 2025
The death toll from violence in Sweida province, the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, has risen to 940 since last weekend, a war monitor has said, despite the announcement of a ceasefire. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead...
Israel-Syria agree to ceasefire, says US. Why did Tel Aviv bomb Damascus?
Mint
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July 19, 2025
Israel and Syria have reached a ceasefire agreement, the US envoy to Turkey Tom Barrack, said on Friday, following days of intense fighting in the Druze region that left more than 300 people dead. The violence escalated when Israel launched...
Death toll from south Syria violence rises to 718: Monitor
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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At least 718 people have been killed in Syria's Sweida province, a war monitor said Saturday in an updated toll for nearly a week of violence in the heartland of the Druze minority. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights counted 146 Druze...
Syria thought US, Israel approved Suweida troop deployment
The New Arab
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July 19, 2025
Damascus sent troops and tanks to Suweida province on Monday to quell fighting between Bedouin and Druze forces [Getty] Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south this week, encouraged by...
Ceasefire deal reached between Syria, Israel with U.S. mediation
Xinhua News Agency
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DAMASCUS, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Syrian and Israeli leaders have reached a ceasefire agreement under the auspices of the United States after deadly sectarian clashes in southern Syria prompted Israeli intervention with massive strikes recently. U.S....
Patrick Murphy: It’s time for Ireland to stop the US planes and ban the Israeli bonds
The Irish News
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Imagine a sun-soaked coast, with palm trees, super-yachts and Dubai-style skyscrapers overlooking the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean. It would be a place of smiling people, luxury cars and unending money. Brilliant, you say, how do we...
First lady Liza Marcos touches down in Saudi Arabia, excited to meet OFWs
The Manila Times
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July 18, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos said she was excited to meet the Filipino community in Saudi Arabia, with plans to share "stories, smiles and a little bit of home." Araneta-Marcos flew to Riyadh on Thursday for a working visit...
How Israel dismantles US' Middle East agenda
Sabah
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July 18, 2025
We do not know what leverage Israel holds over the United States. Still, whenever the U.S. attempts to take a step forward on any issue, Israel directly undermines it and continues doing precisely what it has been told not to do. When the Gaza war...
Alone in uniform: Israel’s overlooked sabra lone soldiers come from broken or Haredi homes
The Times of Israel
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July 19, 2025
Ask most Israelis about lone soldiers, and they’ll describe idealistic young Jews from abroad, proudly serving in the Israel Defense Forces without their families nearby. What they might not realize is that about half of lone soldiers are actually...
Israel escalates attacks on Damascus, targeting Syrian Defense Ministry and Presidential Palace
Natural News
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July 18, 2025
Israel escalates attacks on Damascus, targeting Syrian Defense Ministry and Presidential Palace The Israeli military has launched another brutal assault on Syria, this time bombing key government buildings in Damascus, including the Syrian Defense...
Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on Catholic church
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Wafaa Shura, Julia Frankel and Fatma Khaled | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people...
‘Paying the most heartbreaking price’: Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pennsylvania
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Patriarchs from Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, second left, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, center, lead a religious delegation to the Gaza Strip at the Holy Family Catholic Church, struck by an Israeli...
World News | Deadly Violence in Syria Could Reshape Domestic, Regional Alliances
Latestly
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July 19, 2025
Beirut, Jul 19 (AP) An eruption of violence in Syria this week that entangled government forces, Bedouin tribes, the Druze religious minority and neighbouring Israel highlighted just how combustible the country remains seven months after its...