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8/13/2024 8:37:06 PM
The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) unanimously voted in a session on Tuesday to end the term of the Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli.
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8/13/2024 12:37:00 PM
Iran on Tuesday rejected Western calls to stand down its threat to retaliate against Israel for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late last month.
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8/12/2024 1:38:51 PM
German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it was extending the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv, Tehran, Beirut, Amman, and Erbil through to August 21 because of continued tensions in the region.
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8/12/2024 9:49:28 AM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an aircraft carrier group to hasten its arrival in the Middle East, the Pentagon said Sunday, as mounting tensions raise fears of a region-wide war.
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8/11/2024 4:17:17 PM
Somalia and Ethiopia will start a new series of talks in Ankara on Monday aiming to ease tensions between them, Turkey's foreign ministry said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/9/2024 9:36:00 PM
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed Thursday to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in a phone call the importance of concerted international efforts to advance a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, as the continuation of the war in the strip is the basis of the current escalation in the region.
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8/9/2024 7:41:33 PM
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have added long-range missiles and drones to the force's navy, official media said Friday, amid heightened regional tensions following Israel's assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders in Tehran and Beirut.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2024 9:24:41 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty discussed on Wednesday the latest regional developments with several global counterparts, highlighting Egypt's ongoing efforts to de-escalate the rising tensions in the region.
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8/7/2024 7:29:51 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday called on the United States and other Western countries to halt their support for Israel as tensions soar over the killing of a Hamas leader.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2024 4:13:07 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed with his Iranian and Chinese counterparts in two separate phone calls Egypt’s ongoing effort to contain regional escalation, as fears of military tensions rise in the Middle East following Israeli assassinations in Iran and Lebanon.
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8/7/2024 12:50:51 PM
German airline giant Lufthansa said Wednesday it will avoid using Iranian and Iraqi airspace until August 13, extending an earlier decision not to fly over the countries, with Middle East tensions high.
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8/7/2024 11:45:09 AM
Both Iran and Israel should avoid escalating conflict, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, in his most direct wording toward US ally Israel on the Middle East's spiraling tensions.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/6/2024 11:37:10 PM
Possibilities of a renewed entente between the US and Iran have been put in the back burner as regional tensions surge.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/6/2024 11:30:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi agreed in a phone conversation on coordinating Egyptian and Jordanian positions to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war and de-escalate regional tensions.
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8/6/2024 11:06:56 PM
Low-flying Israeli military aircraft broke the sound barrier three times over Beirut on Tuesday evening, shortly before a speech by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, amid escalating tensions in the region and growing fears of a wider military confrontation.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/6/2024 10:03:25 PM
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Tuesday with U.S. President Joe Biden regional developments and the tensions in the Middle East, reviewing the latest efforts by Egypt, the U.S., and Qatar to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and to de-escalate current regional tensions, the Egyptian Presidency and White House announced.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/6/2024 8:11:43 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan discussed on Tuesday their countries' respective efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza war and defuse escalating regional tensions.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/6/2024 4:17:10 PM
Regional tensions redoubled late last week, after Israel’s double assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hizbullah military commander Fouad Shukr in Tehran and Beirut, respectively.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/6/2024 2:14:26 PM
In recent efforts to address regional tensions, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a telephone conversation with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Monday.
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World
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Region
8/6/2024 11:59:45 AM
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel on Monday, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.
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