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Christian Saunders also said Israel was seeking to replace UNRWA services for Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem with those of its own.

Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu Party remains the kingmaker; Otzma Yehudit passes the electoral threshhold to enter the Knesset.

"If God wills it, we will shut down [anti-government protesters’] squares of prostitution, humiliation... spies, scandal and abasement; eliminate them and drive them out of Iraq," the official said.

The book explores the war against ISIS, the end of the Arab Spring and those who shaped the region.

Turkey wants to settle mostly Arab Syrian refugees in Kurdish areas of Syria, rather than in areas around Jarabulus which Turkey also occupied.

Russian jets and Syrian artillery have pounded towns and villages in recent weeks in a renewed assault backed by pro-Iranian militias that aimed at clearing the opposition.

"We are enriching more uranium before the deal was reached ... Pressure has increased on Iran but we continue to progress," the Iranian president said.

Britain, France and Germany triggered the deal's dispute mechanism this week. London said it was now time for a "Trump deal" to replace it, while Paris said broad talks were needed.

He said that there is no point to try and negotiate with the Islamic Republic.

On Tuesday night, riots broke out in Beirut's Hamra area, with bank facades smashed and stones pelted at security forces who fired back with tear gas.

Emotions have been running high as the victims of the January 8 crash are mourned.

The impoverished Yazidi community survived ISIS genocidal attacks but has been targeted repeatedly by Turkey since 2017.

"The one common denominator expressed by all the experts was the importance of maintaining the strength of the US-Israel relationship."

A spokesman for Article 18 told Fox News the family discovered the desecrated grave when they went to visit on the anniversary of his hanging --December 3.

Thousands of Syrians are in Libya fighting for Turkey and for a ramshackle government in Tripoli that they have no stake or interest in.

In light of recent protests in Iran and US administration's "maximum pressure" campaign, the Iranian regime now has "very few options and all of them are bad."

Jordan's King Abdullah warns the European Parliament against one-state and says failure to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict endangers world peace.

Robert Macaire was briefly detained on Saturday, which Iranian officials said was because he attended an illegal demonstration. He stated that he had attended a vigil for victims of the crash.

In August 2013 Mustafa Kassem, a 54-year-old New York taxi driver and a father of two, was visiting Cairo. He was accused of participating in the protests against Sisi and sentenced to 15 years.

Iranian Foreign Minister told a New Delhi conference that the original 2015 nuclear deal was still on the table.

Tehran is closer to a bomb now, compared to when US pulled out of deal in May 2018

Tensions in the Gulf have risen following the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander General Qasem Soleimani and a retaliatory missile attack by Iran on U.S. forces in Iraq.

The flow of natural gas to Egypt will both serve the domestic market and also enable exports of gas to Europe, via liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals located in Egypt.

A wave of protests erupted last October against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.

The congressmen claimed the group was "amplifying regime propaganda in the United States."

Alleged Israeli strike comes hours after IDF intel assessment finds Soleimani killing a window of opportunity for Israel to act against Iran.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis supported the killing of Qasem Soleimani

UNRWA schools’ curriculum, designed by the Palestinian Authority, “perpetuates incitement, antisemitism and glorification of martyrdom,” Fleur Hassan-Nahoum said.

According to the Iraqi military, there were no casualties.

The results of the investigation will presented to the public, Fars said, without providing additional details.

Alleged Russian cyber attack on Ukraine hard to block

Israeli intelligence estimates that Iran will have capabilities to build a missile capable of carrying nuclear weapon within two years.

Hafter is concerned that the deal will allow Turkey to entrench itself, in much the same way as it has in Syria.

The source said that the official, who has been in contact with the Americans for a long time, had set a condition that the Americans would not eliminate Soleimani in Syria.

Read how the dispute resolution process, which could take up to 65 days to play out unless extended by consensus, works

In times like this, Iran is likely to lash out

Iran's Foreign Ministry, which summoned him, would be responsible for announcing any move to expel Rob Macaire, who has been in the post since 2018.

The EU must now inform the other parties to the deal – Russia, China and Iran. If no resolution is found after 15 days, UN sanctions could be snapped back.

"Your adversary must understand not only that you have the capacity to impose cost but that you're in fact willing to do so," US Secretary of State told Stanford students.

The shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, killing all 176 people aboard, has led to one of the biggest public challenges to the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers since 1979.

The scale of the damage at the Ain al-Asad base showed Iran's destructive capability.

Russian closure of two out of four aid-crossing points, insistence on six-month rather than year-long program, has war-weary Syrians even more on edge

Militias along the Iraq-Syria border have been on high alert since the strike that killed Soleimani two weeks ago; dozens of the Syrian regime force members and a pro-regime militia are defecting.

Security forces continued to face off with demonstrators, as some reports claimed that protests were violently suppressed.

Unclear whether this strengthens or hurts country that is sole success story to emerge from Arab Spring.

Even if the plan is not published, Netanyahu cannot make any annexation moves, because an interim government cannot apply sovereignty. So the baton of action is with Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

When the missiles finally landed at about 1:30 a.m., they struck “empty bunkers that had been evacuated hours before,” the intelligence source said. No one was injured or killed.

Hamas: Abbas looking for excuse to avoid elections

Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein spoke with France24 this week about the West Bank annexation and US President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century."

The Iranian regime had only recently quelled protests, which have flared up again following the revelation that it was behind the downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing everyone on board.

"I think the chances of sitting down with the Iranians and getting to a deal have improved significantly," Robert O'Brien told Axios.

According to Trump's longtime friend and conservative journalist Christopher Ruddy the tragic events of 2012 had a deep impact on him.

Former deputy director-general for safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency told The Jerusalem Post last week that Iran may be able to have a nuclear weapon in two months.

"This tragedy should have never occurred, and I want to assure you that you have my full support during this extraordinarily difficult time," said Trudeau.

Taliban claim responsibility, peace talks still on hold

In a fabricated video, the second of this kind, an Iranian commando is depicted attacking the White House.

NBC reported on Saturday that “intelligence from Israel helped confirm the details” of exactly when the jet carrying Soleimani took off from Damascus to Baghdad, where he was killed by a missile.

US President Donald Trump urged Iranian leaders not to kill protesters in a tweet on Sunday, referencing protests in November when over 1,000 protesters were killed and thousands more were injured and arrested.

Military sources identified the wounded as Iraqi soldiers. They said seven mortar bombs had hit the base's runway.

Nasrallah stressed that Iran treated Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist groups as allies, not tools.

A few people who did walk over the flags were booed by protesters in the area with chants of 'Shame on you.' Some reports said that the protesters chanted 'Our enemy is in Iran, not America.'

Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, implied in an Instagram post that she had moved to Europe.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also gave explicit instructions to the security cabinet after the incident to keep their heads down.

Honenu, which represents many right-wing activists, has accused the Shin Bet and law enforcement of going on a wild goose chase to find some right-wing activists to arrest.

The IRGC sought to leverage Qasem Soleimani’s legacy and also his role in places like Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. But its sword has been bent in the killing of 176 passengers.

Demonstrators said they were united in strength and angry at the IRGC, which they accused of killing their loved ones and friends.

Sources linked the decision to spiraling tensions between the US and Iran

'Most people are much more concerned about an attack they can see and feel, and can't relate to this idea of a clandestine war'

The relationship between Prime Minister Abe and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was “very close. It’s getting even closer and closer."

Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman said that the report was based on Israeli sources, which was a poor judgement.

“We want this (nuclear) agreement to have a future, but it only has a future if it is adhered to and we expect this from Iran,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters.

After denials, Tehran admits “disastrous mistake,” saying air defenses were fired in error after Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq

"Iran’s admission that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by mistake by its own armed forces is an important first step," Boris Johnson said in a statement.

Numerous leaders in the Palestinian Authority have been vying for a change of leadership under the radar.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing, which it said targeted an Afghan Taliban seminary.

What makes Iran’s admission interesting and how the tragedy unfolded is important and reveals some details about Tehran's targeting of US bases on January 8.

For days, Iran had denied Western accusations it was responsible for Wednesday's crash soon after take-off from Tehran, in which all 176 people aboard were killed.

A senior Afghan military official in Kandahar said the incident took place in the district of Dand when the device hit one of the armored vehicles of the US forces.

Previously, Iran had vigorously denied downing the plane. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who until Saturday had kept silent about the crash, said information should be made public.

His cousin, Oman's new ruler Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, promises peaceful coexistence.

The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al-Said, passed away early on Saturday, according to Oman state TV and the state news agency's Twitter account.

The number of crossings and length of authorization were halved to avoid a Russian veto.

Claiming that the Iranian regime “used to fuel death and destruction across the Middle East” Pompeo said that the US policy had “deprived the [Iranian] regime of billions in revenue.”

According to a 'Washington Post' report, US forces tried to assassinate the commander of the Quds force in Yemen, but failed.

German politician Paul Ziemiak calls Iran's leadership a "terrorist regime"; his call to sanction the clerical regime stands in sharp contrast to the position of Merkel and her coalition government.

"The United States will continue to counter the Iranian regime's destructive and destabilizing behavior," the president said in a statement.

The last tweet sent by a user named Sorush before taking off from Iran on a doomed Ukrainian airliner on his way back to university in Canada suggested he knew he was flying into danger.

European leaders are scrambling to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, over fears that Iran's exit from the nuclear deal could spell disaster globally.

The head of Iran's Civil Aviation authority has said that it could take months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders.

German media reports said 100 supporters of Soleimani registered to attend the event at the Hezbollah-dominated mosque Imam Riza in the Berlin neighborhood of Neukölln.

Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned mutual US and Iranian attacks on Iraqi territory and warned of deteriorating security in the country and the wider Middle East.

There were once direct El Al flights to Cairo, but they were canceled in 2012 after the Arab Spring protests.

To be continued...?