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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5317463-houthi-expansion-western-yemen-brings-arrests-and-crackdowns

Houthi Expansion in Western Yemen Brings Arrests and Crackdowns

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1709+ words) With little time to think, thousands of civilians in western Taiz province and southern Hodeidah found themselves facing a choice between staying or leaving after the Houthis carried out raids and arrests in the villages and population centers they entered,…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5317455-how-israel-abducted-senior-hamas-security-official-heart-gaza

How Israel Abducted a Senior Hamas Security Official from the Heart of Gaza

16+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1648+ words) On September 1, an Israeli special forces unit abducted Moeen Al-Arabid, a senior security official with Hamas and its security apparatus, from the heart of an area controlled by the group in western Gaza City. The operation caused shock and disbelief…...

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english.aawsat.com > world > 5317421-pezeshkian-says-middle-east-has-no-need-us-policeman

Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman"

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (852+ words) Pezeshkian Says Middle East Has No Need for US 'Policeman' Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the Middle East does not need the United States to be a "regional policeman,” with the two countries at war and vying…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5317379-lebanon-moves-protect-land-ownership-occupied-south

Lebanon Moves to Protect Land Ownership in Occupied South

22+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1565+ words) Lebanon’s government has approved a draft law banning property sales in Israeli-occupied parts of the south, seeking to prevent wartime displacement and destruction from being exploited to transfer land through intermediaries, front companies, or fictitious buyers. The cabinet approved on…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5317336-houthi-casualties-strain-sanaa-hospitals%E2%80%99-capacity

Houthi Casualties Strain Sanaa Hospitals’ Capacity

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1639+ words) The fallout from the Houthis’ military escalation in Yemen is straining hospitals and endangering civilians in areas under the group’s control, while fueling rare criticism from within its own ranks. Activists and former fighters accuse the group of exploiting poverty…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5317322-israeli-support-ethiopia%E2%80%99s-maritime-access-bid-fuels-tensions-egypt

Israeli Support for Ethiopia’s Maritime Access Bid Fuels Tensions With Egypt

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1622+ words) Israeli support for landlocked Ethiopia’s bid for access to the Red Sea is fueling tensions with Egypt, which has repeatedly opposed Addis Ababa’s moves amid a separate dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and its impact on Cairo’s Nile…...

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english.aawsat.com > world > 5316680-israel-opens-embassy-slovenia-small-eu-nation-shifts-policies

Israel Opens Embassy in Slovenia as Small EU Nation Shifts Policies

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1665+ words) Israel opened its first embassy in Slovenia on Wednesday, boosting relations with the small European Union nation even as ties sour with some longtime allies over its policy on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Saar called the embassy…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5316688-yemeni-tribal-affairs-chief-houthis-%E2%80%98your-time-near%E2%80%99

Yemeni Tribal Affairs Chief to Houthis: ‘Your Time Is Near’

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1601+ words) Sheikh Bakil Naji al-Soufi, head of the Tribal Affairs Authority at Yemen’s Interior Ministry, has warned the Houthis that “your time is near, and you will leave Yemen because of your actions.” Al-Soufi believes mounting anger in Houthi-controlled areas has…...

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english.aawsat.com > arab-world > 5316496-lebanon-says-one-dead-israeli-drone-strike

Lebanon Says One Dead in Israeli Drone Strike

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1065+ words) An Israeli strike killed one person in Lebanon's south, the Lebanese state news agency said on Wednesday, in a region where Israel has intensified attacks despite a ceasefire. An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in Zebdine in the Nabatieh region,…...

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english.aawsat.com > world > 5316493-netanyahu-syria-visit-says-%E2%80%98very-close%E2%80%99-toppling-iran-regime

Netanyahu on Syria Visit Says ‘Very Close’ to Toppling Iran Regime

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1331+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Israeli troops in southern Syria on Wednesday that Iran's regime was on the verge of collapse, as fighting in the six-month Middle East war intensifies. "There is still work to…...