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Syria: Armed Bedouin clans withdraw from Druze-majority Sweida after ceasefire
News.Az
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Armed Bedouin factions in southern Syria announced Sunday they have withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following a week of violent clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Humanitarian aid convoys have begun entering the city, which...
Agriculture Secy Dr. Arabinda Kumar Padhee Reviews Fertilizer Supply For Kharif Season
Ommcom News
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July 21, 2025
Bhubaneswar: The Kharif season has officially commenced, with the state setting a crop plan of 58.50 lakh hectares for 2025. A review meeting on the fertilizer supply situation for Kharif crops was held today at Krushi Bhavan Conference Hall under...
Zero Waste Project progresses as deposit system covers Türkiye
Sabah
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July 21, 2025
Türkiye is entering a new phase in its waste management efforts as the Deposit Management System (DMS) expands toward full national coverage by the end of this year. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, this...
Five Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on water desalination plant
Middle East Eye
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July 21, 2025
At least five Palestinians, including one woman, have been killed in an Israeli missile attack on a water desalination plant in al-Rimal neigbourhood in northern Gaza, Wafa news agency is reporting. Gaza is facing severe water shortages due to...
Udaipur Files: Government recommends 6 modifications in Vijay Raaz starrer before release
South Asian Daily
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July 21, 2025
New Delhi: Vijay Raaz’s Udaipur Files has been in the news courtesy its legal battle for release. The makers of the film based on the famous Kanhaiya Lal Sahu murder case of 2022, had approached the Supreme Court over the release of their film....
Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore
The Conversation
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July 21, 2025
A fragile ceasefire was put in place in southern Syria on July 19, 2025, after days of violence between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes that drew in government forces and prompted Israeli strikes on the capital, Damascus, as a warning to pull...
Egypt’s Strategic Diplomacy: Rejecting US Proposals on Gaza and Ethiopia’s Dam
Zehabesha
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July 21, 2025
Egypt’s recent rejection of the United States’ proposed quid pro quo regarding the crises in Gaza and the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) signifies a significant shift in international diplomatic relations. Questions have...
Following Iran campaign, Israel rethinks foreign reliance for refueling planes
Ynet
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July 20, 2025
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is pushing for a share in the Israeli Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling fleet, a procurement plan estimated to exceed NIS 10 billion. While the Air Force is pressuring the Defense Ministry to fast-track...
Violence in Suwayda: What does mobilization of Israeli-backed Druze militias aim for?
Sabah
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July 21, 2025
The collapse of the Bashar Assad regime, along with all its institutions, in the final days of 2024 marked not only the end of authoritarian rule but also the beginning of a challenging period in Syria, one marked by the construction of a new...
Eighteen Palestinains die of hunger in Gaza amid Israeli siege
The New Arab
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July 21, 2025
Almost one thousand Palestinians have been killed trying to get food by the Israeli military in the past two months. [Getty] Eighteen Palestinians starved to death in Gaza on Sunday as the risk of widespread famine in the devastated territory...
Trump muddles federal government rollback with blue-state threats
The Gazette - Colorado
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President Donald Trump's quest to shrink the size of government is colliding with the strong-arm tactics of his second term as the White House seeks to bring states into compliance with his policy agenda. Since his election in November, Trump has...
Syria crisis: Armed Bedouin tribesmen head towards Druze dominated Sweida post-violence
The Economic Times
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July 21, 2025
Dozens of Bedouin tribesmen marched to Al-Mazraa near Sweida on July 20, residents reported calm in city after days of violence. The armed tribesmen drove towards village which is 12 Km away from centre of Sweida. Trucks seen bringing aid for...
Israel struck targets near Sweida, provided aid to Druze, rights group says
Ynet
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July 21, 2025
Israeli drones and planes attacked targets west of Sweida in Syria, according to the UK based Observatory for Human Rights, after days of sectarian violence and a massacre of the Druze community there, according to the UK based Observatory for...
Death toll from clashes in Syria's Suwayda province rises to 426: Report
Yeni Safak
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The number of documented deaths in clashes in Syria's southern Suwayda province has risen to 426, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported Sunday. The clashes erupted a week ago between an alliance of Bedouin Arab and tribal forces and...
Arab Israeli Lawmaker Ayman Odeh Assaulted by Right-Wing Protesters
Media Line
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July 20, 2025
Arab Israeli lawmaker Ayman Odeh was assaulted by right-wing protesters in Ness Ziona on July 19 as he traveled to an anti-war rally. Demonstrators surrounded his vehicle, damaged it, and chanted racist slogans, prompting criticism from across...
Middle East: Tribal forces withdraw from Sweida
Deutsche Welle
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July 19, 2025
Skip next section Thank you for joining We've resumed coverage with news that the ceasefire agreement between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes appeared to be holding (see below). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, said...
Israeli Attacks on Gaza Aid Centers Kill Almost 1,000 Since May 27
Sputnik News
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July 21, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250721/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-aid-centers-kill-almost-1000-since-may-27-1122463728.html Israeli Attacks on Gaza Aid Centers Kill Almost 1,000 Since May 27 Israeli Attacks on Gaza Aid Centers Kill Almost 1,000 Since May...
Erdogan Reaffirms Support for Syria’s Leader al-Sharaa
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reaffirmed his administration’s backing of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, promising continued alliance and denouncing any efforts to fracture Syria’s territorial integrity. He declared, “We will...
Geopolitics Weekly (Syria Strikes, Iran Nuclear Assessment, Japan Elections)
Geopolitical Monitor
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July 21, 2025
Geopolitics Weekly contextualizes emerging geopolitical trends around the world, distilling the cacophony of global events into one easy reader. It lands in the inbox of Geopolitical Monitor subscribers every week. Ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
Cypriot communities in Australia mark 51st anniversary of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Kathimerini
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July 21, 2025
DIASPORA [Facebook] The Cypriot communities of Queensland and the Northern Territory commemorated the 51st anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on Sunday, holding memorial services and wreath-laying ceremonies to honor those who lost...