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'Systematic failures' allowed Hamas to capture key Israeli base on 7 Oct

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Syria's industrial sector faces widespread closures under Al-Qaeda-linked government: Report

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Egypt’s alternative to US ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza will 'sideline Hamas': Report

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WATCH | Israeli tanks invade Jenin Camp, occupied West Bank.

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WATCH | Trump dumps Zelensky: Should Netanyahu take notice?

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Palestinian detainee tortured to death in Israel's Megiddo prison

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Syria's Druze: Caught between old loyalties and new threats In HTS-governed Syria, the Druze community faces an uncertain future – caught between Salafi extremist rule, Israeli overtures, and their historical fight for self-preservation. By Musa Ozugurlu

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Hamas slams Israel's 'blatant attempt' to collapse Gaza ceasefire, reaffirms commitment to phase two talks

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Knesset guards block a group of Israelis from entering a special session where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address lawmakers' demands for a state commission of inquiry into the security failures of 7 October, leading to a confrontation.

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Syrian government forces deploy south of Damascus to ‘end chaos’ in Druze villages

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Sharaa forms committee to ‘regulate transitional phase’ in Syria

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Multiple casualties in stabbing operation at Haifa bus station

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Israel has killed at least 4 Palestinians and injured 6 across Gaza since this morning. Since the start of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 116 Palestinians and injured 490. (Gaza Ministry of Health)

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'Bomb their food': After Israel announced the halt of aid to Gaza, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi publicly called for bombing food supplies in the besieged enclave: "Have the gates of hell opened? Bomb the food supplies that have already been brought into Gaza, today!"

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Leader of Yemen's Ansarallah, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi: "The resumption of war on Gaza will be met with the entire [Israeli] enemy entity coming under fire ... If the war returns to Gaza, we will intervene with support through various military means."

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On the second day of Ramadan, Israeli military bulldozers continue to demolish homes in Tulkarem's Nour Shams refugee camp, occupied West Bank.

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Iran sacks economy minister as US sanctions persist, crisis worsens

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Israel blocks aid to Gaza, escalates violence as first phase of ceasefire expires

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Israel informs aid groups army 'will remain in post-war Gaza': Report

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Israeli occupation forces assaulted Yahya al-Blasi, a person with special needs, in Al-Fawar Camp, occupied West Bank.

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PKK declares immediate ceasefire in 46 year conflict with Turkiye

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❗️Israeli bulldozers continue to destroy homes in Nour Shams Camp, Tulkarem, occupied West Bank.

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Hamas confirms 'no talks underway' on Gaza ceasefire as phase one ends

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WATCH | Palestinians prepare for a large iftar, in Rafah, southern Gaza.

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Washington greenlights $3bn 'emergency' arms package for Israel

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Can Egypt rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out? As Gaza lies in ruins, Egypt is pushing a massive Arab-backed reconstruction plan—one that keeps Palestinians in place rather than displacing them. But with Israel tightening its grip, and Trump pushing his own agenda, can Cairo pull it off?

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Israel pushes for Russia to keep Syria bases, wants Damascus 'weak, divided': Report

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Israeli troops stole 'mountains of cash and gold' from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria

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Knesset prepares 'Greater Jerusalem' mass settlement expansion plan

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Baghdad says Kurdish crude exports to resume 'imminently' despite denials by private firms

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"Are you scared of not pleasing the American ambassador?" A Lebanese man questions Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after he thanked the army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) while failing to mention the resistance and its sacrifices.

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Israel pushes for six-week 'extension' of Gaza ceasefire's phase one

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Ex-Israeli army chief met UK news editors to 'cultivate support' for Gaza genocide: Report

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Lebanese PM visits southern villages as Israeli ceasefire violations persist

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Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters warmly receive Israeli Channel 12 correspondent Itai Anghel in Damascus and tell him they have no issue with Israel.

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Israeli army's 7 Oct probe further confirms implementation of Hannibal Directive

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IMF, World Bank reconstruction funds for Lebanon contingent on 'normalization': Report

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Horrific conditions: This is how a group of Palestinian prisoners arrived in Gaza after being released from Israeli jails.

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‘We are staying’: Israeli war chief vows indefinite occupation of Lebanon, Syria

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Jailed PKK leader makes historic call for Kurdish group to 'dissolve, give up arms'

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The world's longest-serving political prisoner and Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, Nael Barghouti, embraces freedom in Egypt after 45 years in Israeli prisons.

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Israel stomps on Gaza ceasefire deal, refuses withdrawal from Philadelphi corridor

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Hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli jails after weeklong hold up

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Hundreds of media workers condemn BBC for ‘dehumanizing’ censorship of Gaza documentary

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Barzani’s deadly betrayal: The Yezidi Massacre of 2007 Betrayed by those meant to protect them, Yezidis accuse Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s KDP of orchestrating Iraq’s deadliest terror attack. The Cradle investigates what really happened in Sinjar in 2007. By William Van Wagenen

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Bypassing Hormuz: Saudi Arabia’s pipeline push in Yemen’s Al-Mahra Through the use of Salafi extremists, Saudi Arabia seeks to revive a strategic oil pipeline through Yemen’s Al-Mahra to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and gain hegemony over its Arab neighbors. By Mawadda Iskandar

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Hamas to hand over captives' bodies in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians

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Israeli army launches violent strikes on southern Syria, eastern Lebanon

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The funeral that sealed Hezbollah’s unbreakable covenant Despite the destruction and constant threats, the resolute defiance of the people made it clear: the resistance remains steadfast. By Pepe Escobar thecradle.co/articles/the...

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