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Israel strikes southern Syria after sectarian clashes prompt regime forces to enter Druze area
KRDO - Colorado
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July 15, 2025
By Mostafa Salem and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s military entered a stronghold for the Druze minority in the country’s south on Tuesday to “pursue outlaw groups,” the government said, prompting Israel to launch strikes against the forces...
Turkey Commemorates Ninth Anniversary of 2016 Failed Coup Attempt
Tasnim News Agency
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July 15, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended events in Ankara to observe Democracy and National Unity Day, according to Anadolu. Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz recalled how millions of citizens responded to Erdogan’s call on the night of the coup...
Israel bombs Gaza refugee camp; settlers attack West Bank village
Win Media SKN
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July 15, 2025
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that at least 12 people were killed and eight wounded by Israeli air strike on eastern Lebanon that hit a camp for displaced Syrians in the northern Bekaa Valley. Seven Syrians were among those killed in...
Israel strikes tanks in southern Syria as forces clash with Druze militias
The Irish News
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Israel’s army said it has struck military tanks in southern Syria as Syrian government forces and Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze militias there. Dozens of people have been killed in the fighting between local militias and clans in Syria ’s...
Israel violates Lebanon cease-fire to kill 12 in country's east
Sabah
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July 15, 2025
At least 12 people were killed in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday when Israel struck the Bekaa Valley in violation of a cease-fire in place, Lebanese state media reported. Israel's military said it was striking targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite...
Iran: ‘Israel Will Pay the Price’ for Allegedly Trying to Kill Pezeshkian
Algemeiner Journal
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July 13, 2025
i24 News – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was slightly injured in the leg during an Israeli airstrike, according to a report on Sunday by the Iranian news agency Fars, prompting Iran to launch a widespread probe to root out suspected moles...
Turkey calls for stop of violence in Syria
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Türkiye has called for a rapid end to the escalating violence in southern Syria and emphasized the importance of resolving the conflict through local dialogue led by the Syrian government, according to a statement released by its Foreign...
Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 15, 2025
World Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa region on Tuesday killed 12 people, the region's governor Bachir Khodr told Reuters, in the deadliest airstrikes since last year's truce ended months of fighting between Israel and the armed group...
Sudani to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Is Serious About a Deal with America
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 14, 2025
In recent months, Iraq has navigated two difficult challenges. It avoided being drawn into the Israeli-Iranian conflict and managed to stay clear of the fallout from US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier, it had resisted the temptation to...
Lavrov Emphasizes Need for Peaceful Resolution to Iran's Nuclear Program Crisis
Sputnik News
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July 15, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250715/lavrov-emphasizes-the-need-for-a-peaceful-resolution-to-irans-nuclear-program-crisis-1122442781.html Lavrov Emphasizes Need for Peaceful Resolution to Iran's Nuclear Program Crisis Lavrov Emphasizes Need for...
Bank Leumi CEO: "The state is not doing enough to realize the upside after the attack on Iran"
CTech
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July 15, 2025
“Israel is at the beginning of a period with the potential for significant change,” said Hanan Friedman, CEO of Bank Leumi, at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s National Economic Conference. “We are just a few weeks after the successful operation in...
Once united by nuclear defiance, Iran and India now diverge over ideology – and Israel
Haaretz
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July 15, 2025
Iran's nuclear program, or what's left of it following the Israel-Iran 12-day war, is a tragedy of international politics. The program itself reflects the modern game of power in which nations profess commitment to ideals like disarmament and...
Jebraily: Iran strikes rewrote regional deterrence rules - Exclusive
Al Mayadeen
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July 15, 2025
In this exclusive interview, Dr. Yasser Jebraily explains why "Israel’s" war on Iran was a desperate gamble, how it backfired, and why Iran may be shifting toward nuclear deterrence. As the dust settles on the 12-day Israeli war on Iran, few...
Recognition of Palestine must go beyond symbolism: Foreign Affairs
Al Mayadeen
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July 15, 2025
Foreign Affairs argues that growing global support for recognizing Palestine risks becoming an empty gesture unless it's backed by real action to confront Israeli occupation and enforce Palestinian rights. A report published by the Foreign Affairs...
The Scale of Afghans Returning from Iran is Overwhelming, Says UN Official
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 15, 2025
The pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems, a senior UN official warned Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people crossing the border daily exhausted and traumatized, relying on humanitarian...
UNAMA Chief Warns of Crisis, Calls for Urgent Aid for Afghan Returnees from Iran
Khaama Press
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July 15, 2025
UNAMA Chief Roza Otunbayeva urges immediate international assistance as Afghanistan faces worsening crisis from mass Afghan returnees deported from Iran. In response to the mass deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran, Roza Otunbayeva, the UN...
How Iran Overplayed its Hand
War on the Rocks
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July 14, 2025
After Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, there were good reasons to be skeptical about the official justification for launching the operation. After all, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a decades-long history of crying wolf...
Pezeshkian: Iran’s response to Israeli–US assault foiled enemy plans
Al Mayadeen
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July 15, 2025
Iranian president reaffirms Iran's diplomatic openness post-war, stressing the need to rebuild trust and pursue a peaceful path seriously. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian affirmed that Iran’s steadfastness in response to the joint aggression...
Three women arrested under Terrorism Act after pro-Palestine activists plough van into Edinburgh factory
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 15, 2025
Three women have been arrested under the terrorism act after pro-Palestine protesters ploughed a van into a fence at a defence manufacturer in Edinburgh. Police were earlier occupying a Morrisons supermarket car park on Ferry Road in the capital...
In Occupied Palestine – 13 July 2025
The Daily Blog
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July 15, 2025
In Occupied Palestine Zionism in practice Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land 08:00, 13 July 2025 until 08:00, 14 July 2025 Gaza Strip Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers of dead and injured Victims 13 –...