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Iran seeks money f-rom U.S. over 1953 coup that empowered American-backed shah
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Libya: World powers ready to arm unity government
Decision comes at meeting in Vienna which also promises more humanitarian aid for the country.
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Israeli leader: Iran mocks WWII Holocaust, prepares another
Iran has long backed armed groups committed to Israel's destruction and its leaders have called for it to be wiped off the map. Israel fears that Iran's nuclear program is designed to threaten its very existence. But Netanyahu said that it not just Iran's belligerent policies that Israel opposed, but its values.
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Foreign ministers hold Vienna talks as Isis threat to Libya grows
Tripoli is likely to submit requests for western partners to assist it with arms, training and intelligence at Vienna meeting
By The Guardian
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Blast kills Hezbollah military chief in Syria
His funeral was to be held in Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut at 5:30 pm (1430 GMT), the movement announced.
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Horrifying Video Captures Deadly Airstrike On Syrian Hospital
Airstrikes pummeled the al Quds Hospital in a rebel-held part of Aleppo last week. There are just six doctors left there.
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16 found to be at fault for Doctors Without Borders hospital strike in Kunduz
Sixteen US service members were disciplined for their roles in the deadly strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan last October. The Pentagon is set to release an investigation into the bombing on Friday.
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Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo including children and doctors, while the United Nations called on Moscow and Washington to salvage a "barely alive" ceasefire.
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Israel army kills Palestinian siblings in 'attack'
More than six months of violence leaves at least 209 Palestinians and 29 Israelis dead.
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UN rejects Israel's claim over Syria's Golan Heights
Security Council says status of the Golan will not change after Netanyahu vows it will remain part of Israeli territory.
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Iran unveils new main battle tank made f-rom US and Chinese designs f-rom the 1960s
Earlier this month, Iran unveiled a new main battle tank, the Tiam, that appears to be a mashup of Chinese and US tanks f-rom the 1960s, The Diplomat reports.
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Israeli Army Discovers Hamas-Built Tunnel Stretching F-rom Gaza To Israel
“We have neutralized the tunnel in Israeli territory, rendering it unusable for infiltration by Hamas terrorists.”
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Netanyahu vows Golan will ‘forever’ remain Israel’s at 1st ever cabinet meeting in occupied land
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tel Aviv will never withdraw f-rom the Golan Heights, a strategic area captured f-rom Syria in 1967, claiming it has been in Israeli hands “since antiquity.”
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Paul Ryan says Middle East allies thanked him for taking on Trump
Fresh f-rom a trip to the Middle East, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Thursday that American allies in the region — including Israel — thanked him for taking on Donald Trump over his call to bar Muslim immigrants f-rom the United States.
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