Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/13/2024 6:21:00 PM
The prospect of a descent into chaos in the region is more imminent than ever because of Israel’s growing conflict with Iran, writes Khaled Okasha
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/13/2024 3:04:25 PM
Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Netanyahu’s handling of his war on Gaza at a sensitive time.
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World
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Region
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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World
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Region
8/12/2024 9:57:00 PM
Iran could launch a "significant" retaliatory attack on Israel as soon as this week, the White House said Monday, as US President Joe Biden discussed the crisis with European leaders.
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World
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Region
8/12/2024 8:54:28 PM
The United States warned Iran on Monday against sending ballistic missiles to Russia, saying it would invoke a "severe" US response and would counter efforts by Tehran to improve relations.
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World
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Region
8/12/2024 1:40:38 PM
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said late on Sunday.
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World
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Region
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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World
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Region
8/12/2024 12:14:20 PM
Iran's former foreign minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major would powers, on Monday announced he had resigned from his new post as vice president.
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World
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Region
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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World
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Region
8/11/2024 6:13:46 PM
Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed on Sunday in a drone strike in Syria's east, near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said, adding it was not clear yet who was behind the attack.
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World
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Region
8/11/2024 6:04:18 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian presented his cabinet to parliament on Sunday, notably including a woman and a Western-friendly diplomat as the country's foreign minister.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
8/11/2024 3:03:56 PM
A former Mossad official said Hamas' new political leader Yahya Sinwar has not weakened, contrary to all the estimations.
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World
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Region
8/11/2024 1:14:31 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new foreign minister and also sought to appoint a woman as roads and housing minister.
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World
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International
8/11/2024 10:51:32 AM
US former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and claimed Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/10/2024 9:31:00 AM
There are significant divisions within the Iranian elite over how to respond to Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
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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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World
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Region
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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World
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Region
8/9/2024 2:26:11 PM
Advanced American F-22 stealth warplanes arrived in the Middle East on Thursday, the US military said, as Washington boosts its forces in the region ahead of an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.
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World
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Region
8/9/2024 2:01:33 PM
The Israeli military said Friday the head of US Central Command, General Michael Kurilla, had arrived in Israel for his second visit this week to assess the security situation amid fears of a region-wide Middle East war.
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World
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Region
8/8/2024 5:26:02 PM
Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani told AFP in an interview on Thursday that Israel committed a costly "strategic mistake" by killing Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
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