Middle Orient

Syria’s Assad Rebuffs Erdogan’s Effort to Normalize Ties

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the country’s parliament on August 25 that initiatives to revive relations with Turkey had not yielded “any results worth mentioning despite the seriousness and genuine keenness of mediators.” This declaration comes after both Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Assad signaled that they were interested …

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An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas has denied being tortured: They did not beat me; I had injuries on my body because a building collapsed on me

Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman who was held captive in the Gaza Strip for eight months, has denied reports that she was tortured. Israeli media had reported that she was tortured during her captivity in Gaza, citing her statements. After the news quickly spread, Argamani refuted these claims on her …

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No agreement reached in Cairo on ending the war in Gaza

The Hamas delegation, which left the negotiations in Cairo, emphasized that they are solely interested in implementing the proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden regarding a hostage agreement and a ceasefire in Gaza, which was agreed upon on July 2nd. Hamas demanded that Israel be held accountable to the terms …

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“Graveyard of Numbers”: Israel holds the bodies of 552 Palestinians in secret cemeteries and refrigerated morgues

In addition to the bodies of hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Israel still holds the bodies of 552 individuals, of which 256 are in a secret cemetery known as the “Graveyard of Numbers,” and 296 are in refrigerated morgues, according to Palestinian institutions. A delegation of Palestinian prisoners …

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Iran Update, August 26, 2024

CTP-ISW continues to assess that an Iranian drone and missile strike targeting Israel is the most likely Iranian course of action. The Pentagon spokesperson reported on August 26 that the United States assesses there is still a threat of strikes against Israel from Iran or its Axis of Resistance based …

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Iranian Cyber-Spying Group Posed as Tech Support to Target U.S. Political Officials’ WhatsApp Accounts

Latest Developments Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reported on August 23 that it blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts used by Iranian cyber-attackers to target officials associated with the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Meta’s investigation revealed that hackers with APT42 — …

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L’entité sioniste n’a jamais été préparée à une guerre d’usure

Depuis la création de l’entité sioniste, la problématique tient à ce que les Israéliens n’ont pas réussi à exterminer et à nettoyer ethniquement tous les Palestiniens, sans réussir à tuer la cause. Le 22 août, le général de brigade israélien Yitzhak Brik a écrit un article pour le journal Haaretz, …

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Les véritables motivations et objectifs de Netanyahou

C’est l’idéologie qui motive Netanyahou, pas seulement le pouvoir Peut-être n’avons-nous pas suffisamment dénigré son mode de vie ; en tout cas, il s’en est bien sorti malgré tout ce dénigrement. Mais notez que ses nombreux détracteurs s’abstiennent de l’attaquer sur un point : son idéologie. Pour tous ses détracteurs, …

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Iran Update, August 25, 2024

Lebanese Hezbollah conducted a drone and rocket attack on Israel on August 24 in response to Israel killing a senior Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr. Hezbollah fired 200-300 projectiles, including around 20 one-way attack drones, in two waves into Israel.[1] Hezbollah fired rockets at 11 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sites in …

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Hamas in Cairo for brief on latest talks: ‘We came to listen, not negotiate’

A high-level Israeli delegation headed to the Egyptian capital on Sunday, despite a large Hezbollah attack on Israel early that morning Hamas has confirmed that its representatives are formulating a response to what they heard from mediators in Cairo, who held talks in the Egyptian capital over the weekend to …

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