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(MENAFN) Syria on Sunday condemned renewed Israeli excavations beside the line separating it from the occupied Golan Heights, branding the work a “flagrant breach” of the 1974 disengagement agreement.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces killed a man in southern Syria early Monday amid continued military incursions into the area.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces demolished an abandoned building during a military incursion into the western Damascus countryside in southwestern Syria on Monday, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Security in the Strait of Hormuz is the central issue in Iran's negotiations to end the war with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Sunday. "Securing the Strait of Hormuz, or restoring security to this...

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(MENAFN) Syria on Sunday denounced Israeli excavation activities near the separation line with the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, describing them as a “flagrant breach” of the 1974 disengagement agreement.

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(MENAFN) Israeli army fire killed four Palestinians and wounded 19 others across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical sources told Turkish media, the latest deadly violence to test a ceasefire agreement that remains in force.

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(MENAFN) Iran's foreign minister declared Sunday that the conflict with the United States cannot be settled by force or by piling on sanctions, in an apparent reference to Washington's penalties on Tehran.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces bulldozed a memorial to slain students at Birzeit University near Ramallah on Monday and detained 12 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, as settlers targeted farmers during the olive harvest, local sources...

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(MENAFN) Israel’s opposition parties are projected to secure 52 seats compared with 51 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, according to a poll released Sunday ahead of the scheduled elections.

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(MENAFN) Four Horn of Africa and Nile Valley states closed ranks against Ethiopia on Sunday, warning against any unilateral action that threatens the water rights of Egypt and Sudan as the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deepens....

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(MENAFN) Israel’s Central Elections Committee chairman on Sunday ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take down social media videos that were found to have used military and public resources without authorization.

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(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to participate Monday in a meeting of the Strategic Political and Defense Committee in Riyadh, formed under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

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(MENAFN) Iran would target US military bases and American vessels across the region if Washington launched a ground invasion of Iranian territory, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, Iran's state-run news agency reported Sunday, citing a presidential official.

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(MENAFN) Israel's opposition parties would capture 52 seats against 51 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, according to a poll released Sunday, 23 days before the Oct. 27 national elections.

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(MENAFN) Iran says restoring security in the Strait of Hormuz remains the central issue in negotiations aimed at bringing an end to its war with the United States, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Sunday. "Securing the Strait of...

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(MENAFN) Israel's Central Elections Committee chairman ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday to take down social media videos that drew on military and public resources without authorization, an Israeli broadcaster reported.

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(MENAFN) Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of failing to learn lessons from the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, directing fresh criticism at its response to the recent FlyDubai...

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(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi renewed Sunday his opposition to external involvement in African affairs and called for greater coordination among countries sharing transboundary rivers.

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(MENAFN) Israel has barred Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, from entering the country, the same day his party voted to classify Zionism as a form of racism.