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Syria Demands Israel Pullout from Buffer Golan Zone

This is Beirut, 29/01 14:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's new authorities on Wednesday urged Israel's withdrawal from Syrian territory it occupied in the Golan Heights after president Bashar al-Assad's ousting, during talks with UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, state media reported. During Lacroix's meeting with Syria's foreign and defense ministers, "it was confirmed that Syria is ...

Netanyahu to Meet Trump on February 4

This is Beirut, 28/01 20:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday on February 4, the Israeli premier's office said. "Prime Minister Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House during US President Trump's second term," the statement said. The Trump-Netanyahu ...

Palestinians Return to North Gaza after Breakthrough in Hostage Diplomacy

This is Beirut, 27/01 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Palestinians began returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages. The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced nearly all its residents, paving the way for more ...

Lebanon: 22 Dead In The South, Truce Agreement With Israel Extended, Announces Washington

This is Beirut, 27/01 04:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon has been extended until 18 February, the United States announced, after hundreds of inhabitants of southern Lebanon tried to return to their villages on Sunday, some of which were still occupied by Israeli forces who fired in their direction, killing 22 people according to the Lebanese authorities. AFP ...

Palestinians Denounce Trump's Idea Of Displacing Gazans

This is Beirut, 27/01 04:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Both Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday criticised Donald Trump's proposal to move the inhabitants of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan in order, in his words, to ‘clean house’ in the territory, where a fragile truce has entered its second week. Israel and Hamas accused each other on Sunday of violating the terms of the ceasefire, ...

Macron Urges Netanyahu to 'Withdraw His Forces Still Present in Lebanon'

This is Beirut, 26/01 19:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called on Israeli Prime Minister to "withdraw his forces still present in Lebanon", his office said in a readout of a phone call between the two leaders. "The President of the Republic stressed to the Prime Minister the importance of ensuring that nothing compromises the efforts of the new Lebanese ...

Palestinian Sources say to Free Gaza Hostage Demanded by Israel Before Next Swap

This is Beirut, 26/01 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two Palestinian sources told AFP on Sunday that an Israeli woman held hostage in Gaza, and whose release Israel has demanded before allowing the return of displaced Palestinians, will be handed over within days. "Arbel Yehud is expected to be freed before the next (hostage-prisoner) exchange" scheduled for February 1, said a source from the ...

Trump Hints At Unblocking Delivery Of 2,000-Pound Bombs To Israel

This is Beirut, 26/01 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a ‘large number of things’ ordered by Israel from the US had now been delivered, in response to press reports that his administration had released a delivery of 2,000 pound (907kg) bombs. ‘A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but not sent by Biden, are now on ...

Gaza Officials say Tens of Thousands Blocked from Reaching North at Israeli Barrier

This is Beirut, 26/01 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency said tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians were blocked from returning to the north of the territory on Sunday at an Israeli military barrier. "Tens of thousands of displaced people are waiting near the Netzarim Corridor to return to the northern Gaza Strip," agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP, with Israel ...

Gaza: The Truce Enters Its Second Week After The Release Of Israeli Hostages And Palestinian Detainees

This is Beirut, 26/01 05:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A fragile truce aimed at ending the war in the Gaza Strip entered its second week on Sunday, the day after the release of four Israeli hostages and some 200 Palestinian prisoners, greeted by scenes of joy on both sides. In a sign of the difficulties in implementing the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, a last-minute dispute on ...

Israeli Army Still In Southern Lebanon Despite Withdrawal Deadline

This is Beirut, 26/01 05:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Israeli army was still deployed in southern Lebanon on Sunday despite the expiry of the 60-day deadline by which it was supposed to have left the territory of its neighbour, as part of a truce with Lebanese Hezbollah. The Lebanese army denounced Israel's ‘procrastination’ on Saturday and said it was ready ‘to continue ...

Israel Blocks Gazans' Return to Territory's North Unless Civilian Woman Hostage Freed

This is Beirut, 25/01 15:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Israel said on Saturday it would block the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes in northern Gaza until civilian woman hostage Arbel Yehud is released. "Israel will not allow the passage of Gazans to the northern part of the Gaza Strip until the release of civilian Arbel Yehud, who was supposed to be released today, is arranged," Prime ...

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