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Al Jazeera Bureau Chief Leaves Gaza
Palestinian Territories — Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief, Wael al-Dahdouh, left the Palestinian territory Tuesday, he told AFP, after Israeli strikes killed his wife, multiple children and a colleague.
Scenes of Dahdouh mourning his family and fleeing on foot from Gaza City have been broadcast globally over the weeks since war erupted between Hamas militants and Israel on October 7.
Speaking to an AFP journalist in southern Gaza, the 53-year-old said he had crossed the Rafah border...
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US to Relist Yemen's Houthis as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, AP Sources Say
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official.
The move comes as the Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The group says it has attacked the ships in response to Israel's military operations in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' Oct. 7...
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Families of Israeli Hostages Worry Time is Running Out to Bring Loved Ones Home
The families of the 136 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza say time is running out to bring their loved ones home alive. But any deal with Hamas would probably mean ending the war in Gaza, which Israeli leaders say is not an option now. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem. Camera: Ricki Rosen
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Iraqis Fear Further Attacks After Iran Missile Strikes
After overnight Iranian missile strikes hit Irbil, Iraq, killing four people and injuring six others, locals say they are afraid they will fall victim to a war they say they had no part in creating. VOA's Heather Murdock reports from Istanbul with Halan Akoiy in the village of Mala Omar outside Irbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
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Confusion as Iran Reports Attacks On What It Calls Militant Bases in Pakistan
Jerusalem — Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl, state media reported, potentially further raising tensions in a Middle East already roiled by Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Confusion followed the announcements as some of the reports soon disappeared. However, any attack inside of nuclear-armed Pakistan by Iran would threaten the relations between the two countries, which long have eyed each other...
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Houthis Attack Maltese-Flagged Vessel in the Gulf of Aden
Cairo — Yemen's Houthi militia group, which controls the capital, Sana’a and parts of Yemen's Red Sea coast, has attacked another ship in the Gulf of Aden, following a rash of attacks over the past several weeks. Iran's supreme leader is encouraging the Houthis, which serve as an Iranian proxy in the region, to continue attacking U.S. and western ships. Such attacks threaten to further exacerbate tensions in the region and the fragile economies of many regional...
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Why Chinese Foreign Minister's Visit Focuses on North and West Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a tour of four African countries this week, and analysts say the choice of Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Ivory Coast indicate Beijing’s current foreign policy objectives, including a desire to play a greater role in negotiating peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Wang has made the African continent his first international port of call at the start of every year since becoming foreign minister in 2013. The only exception...
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Iran Strike Sparks Dispute With Iraq as Fears of Regional Upheaval Grow
Dubai/Baghdad — An Iranian missile strike on targets in northern Iraq set off an unusual dispute between the neighboring allies on Tuesday, with Baghdad recalling its ambassador in protest and Tehran insisting the attack was intended to deter threats from Israeli spies.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards hit what they called an Israeli espionage center in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iranian media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria...
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US Seizes Iranian-Made Missile Parts in Raid Near Somali Coast
JERUSALEM — U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weapons bound for Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi militants in a raid last week where two service members went missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday.
The SEALs boarded a traditional dhow sailing vessel near the coast of Somalia in international waters of the Arabian Sea, seizing Iranian-made ballistic missile and cruise missile components, including propulsion, guidance, and warheads for Houthi medium range...
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EU Adds Hamas Gaza Leader Sinwar to Terrorist List
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Tuesday added Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar to its terrorist sanctions blacklist over the October 7 attacks on Israel.
The move means that the accused mastermind of the attacks is subject to having his assets frozen in the 27-nation bloc and bans EU citizens from conducting transactions with him.
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is already listed as a terrorist organization by the EU.
The October attacks, the worst in Israel's history, resulted in...
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Saudis Could Recognize Israel if Palestinian Issue Resolved - Foreign Minister
DAVOS — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday the kingdom could recognize Israel if a comprehensive agreement were reached that included statehood for the Palestinians.
"We agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel, but that could only happen through peace for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state," Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Asked if Saudi Arabia would then recognize Israel as part of a wider...
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After U.S.-Led Strikes in Yemen, How Wide Will the Middle East War Get?
With the U.S.-led attacks in Yemen, there is no longer a question of whether the Israel-Hamas war will escalate into a wider conflict. The question is whether it can be contained.
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Iran Hits Iraq and Syria With Missiles, Citing Terrorist Attack
Explosions shook Erbil, a city in northern Iraq, and at least four civilians were killed, local officials said. Syrian targets were also hit, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said.
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Australia Confirms Support For US, UK Strikes on Houthi Rebels
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that Canberra is supporting United States and British airstrikes against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.
The rebel group has been attacking international shipping in the Red Sea, and U.S.-led strikes have been launched in retaliation for drone and missile attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, a key shipping channel.
Australian officials have insisted that defending global trade routes is “utterly central to Australia’s...
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La guerra regional en Medio Oriente llegó. ¿Cuál será su alcance?
Con los ataques liderados por Estados Unidos en Yemen, ya no cabe preguntarse si la guerra entre Israel y Hamás escalará hasta convertirse en un conflicto más amplio. La cuestión es si podrá contenerse.
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Israel Strikes Gaza After Defense Minister Says Intensive Phase of War with Hamas Will Soon End
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Iran Says Revolutionary Guards Attack Israel's 'Spy HQ' in Iraq, Vow More Revenge
dubai/baghdad — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the spy headquarters of Israel in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State.
The strikes come amid concerns about the escalation of a conflict that has spread through the Middle East since the war between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas began on Oct. 7, with Iran's allies also entering...
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Turkish Strikes Hit Water, Power Infrastructure in Syria’s Kurdish-Held Northeast
BEIRUT — Turkey has carried out a wave of airstrikes on electricity and oil infrastructure in Syria's Kurdish-held northeast that has put several power stations out of service, local sources and Syrian state media said Monday.
Hogir Najar, a media official at the Kurdish-run autonomous administration, told Reuters that at least 40 sites had been hit in Turkish shelling in the last two days, including power stations, water pumping stations and oil infrastructure.
Najar said at least 10...
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