West Asia
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Palestinians wary of Bennet-Lapid coalition cabinet
Jun 15, 2021 07:46After more than a decade, Israel has turned the page of Benjamin Netanyahu rule, ushering in a new era with a new coalition cabinet led by Naftali Bennet.
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Israel plans to demolish 17 Palestinian homes in East al-Quds area by July end: Official
Jun 15, 2021 07:22A Palestinian official says Israeli authorities plan to destroy more than a dozen Palestinian homes in the occupied East al-Quds neighborhood of Silwan, as the Tel Aviv regime continues with its land expropriation policies irrespective of international outcry and UN Security Council resolutions.
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Israel plans to expand settlements fivefold in southern Nablus
Jun 15, 2021 06:00Israeli regime plans to expand its settlements fivefold in the southern parts of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
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Netanyahu departure ends 'one of worst periods' of Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestinian PM
Jun 14, 2021 14:23Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says the end of Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year hold on power as Israel’s prime minister closes the chapter on one of the "worst periods" of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Spokesman: Yemeni forces' drone carried out new attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Intl. Airport
Jun 14, 2021 14:17Yemeni forces have launched a new drone attack against Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing military aggression and its brutal blockade against the war-torn Arab country.
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Unidentified drone targets US military base in Baghdad
Jun 14, 2021 13:43An unidentified drone has dropped a number of explosive projectiles on a US military facility at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq.
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Saudi first quarter GDP shrinks 3%, hit by oil sector decline
Jun 14, 2021 13:37Saudi Arabia's gross domestic product fell 3% in the first quarter, slightly less than official estimates and compared with a 1% contraction last year, as a sharp fall in the oil sector pulled back the economy, data showed.
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Paper details US, Israel, Saudi role in coup plot against Jordan king
Jun 14, 2021 13:21Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States joined forces to pressure Jordan's King Abdullah II to partake in the US-sponsored "normalization deals" with Tel Aviv, according to the Washington Post.
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President: Iraq defeated Daesh thanks to Army, Hashd al-Sha'abi
Jun 14, 2021 07:38Iraq’s President Barham Salih says unity between the Army, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have enabled the country to defeat the Daesh terrorist group.
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Qatar strongly calls on IAEA to oversee Israel’s nuclear reactors
Jun 14, 2021 07:22Qatar says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should closely monitor Israel’s nuclear activities and oversee its nuclear reactors, emphasizing the urgent need for opening the regime’s atomic reactors to inspectors.