EU sanctions Iranian security forces over Mahsa Amini death, protest crackdown
Tehran (AFP) — The EU on Monday sanctioned Iran’s “morality” police for the fatal beating in custody of Mahsa Amini
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Lebanese turn to solar energy amid collapse of national power grid
France24 The finances of many Lebanese households are hurting, forcing them once again to seek alternatives, and many are turning
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Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
Baghdad (AFP) — Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect
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One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths top 100
AFP Activists in Tehran have called for protesters to turn out “in solidarity with the people of Sanandaj and the
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Protesters defiant in Iran amid crackdown
Iranian protesters remained defiant Monday with students staging sit-ins and some industrial workers going on strike despite a crackdown activists
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Israel has reached ‘historic’ maritime border deal with Lebanon, says PM Lapid
Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic agreement demarcating a disputed maritime border between them, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid
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France says Iran now holding five French nationals
France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday five of its nationals were being held in Iran and the European Union had
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OPINION: What keeps Arab think-tanks lagging to supersede their western counterparts
By Omar Al-Ubaydli Unfortunately, Middle Eastern think tanks usually fail to fill this intellectual lacuna. Arabs regularly complain about research
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Inside Israel’s social media campaign to woo the Middle East
Reuters Israel wants to gain broader Arab support for the new deals… Working in close quarters, surrounded by maps of
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OPINION: America has golden opportunity to forge a more stable Middle East
Countering the narrative of political Islam across the region should be a major strand of American Middle East policy… The
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