Middle East News

Israeli brass to brief Russian military on Hezbollah tunnels

JERUSALEM — Senior Israeli military officers are flying to Moscow to update their Russian counterparts about an operation launched last week to “expose and thwart” Hezbollah tunnels burrowed under Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Israeli military issued a statement Monday … more →

AP News | 12/10/2018 10:46 am

Israel raids Palestinian news agency in hunt for gunmen

JERUSALEM — Israeli military forces have carried out a series of raids in the West Bank city of Ramallah, bursting into stores and offices of the official Palestinian news agency, in a frantic manhunt for gunmen who shot seven Israelis … more →

AP News | 12/10/2018 9:38 am

Saudi refusal to extradite Khashoggi’s killers vexes Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey says it is disappointed by Saudi Arabia’s rejection of its request for the extradition of the killers of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The State-run Anadolu news agency on Monday quoted Fahrettin Altun, the communications director … more →

AP News | 12/10/2018 8:27 am

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• US-backed Syrian fighters push into Islamic State-held town
• Israel accepted into global financial watchdog group
• Israeli officials 7 wounded in shooting near settlement
• Israeli military chief, UN commander in Lebanon talk tunnels
• Yemen rebel leader seeks torture probe, cites AP report
• UN sends aid to hundreds of thousands in war-torn Syria
• Tunisian protesters criticize Israel, support Palestinians
• Israeli army says it fired at suspected Hezbollah activists
• Egypt lawyer files case to change president’s 2-term limit
• Iran arrests 4 suspects in recent suicide bombing
• Catholic monks killed in Algeria’s civil war are beatified
• Rouhani warns weakened Iran less able to fight trafficking
• Health officials Israeli fire wounds 33 Gaza protesters
• Outgoing UN envoy makes new appeal on Syria’s warring sides
• Ex-inmates Torture rife in prisons run by Yemen rebels
• US, Israel and Palestinians spar over condemning Hamas
• Libya to vote on new constitution before February
• Palestinian court extends detention of Palestinian-American
• Israel calls for international response to Hezbollah tunnels
• Dubai’s DP World acquires Danish Unifeeder for $748 million
• Iranian state TV says 3 people killed, several wounded in a “terrorist attack” in a southeastern port city
• Egypt hands Muslim Brotherhood leader another life sentence
• Lebanon says Israel offered no proof of border tunnels
• Egypt says plane hijacker to face terror charges
• After women’s protest, Israeli prime minister pledges action
• Prison riot erupts in eastern Yemen
• UN council meets on Iran’s ballistic missile launches
• Parents of US journalist missing in Syria hopeful about fate
• Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in West Bank clash
• Amid US sanctions, Iran threatens again to close key strait
• Iraqi parliament to vote on remaining Cabinet candidates
• Israeli military launches operation to “expose and thwart” Hezbollah tunnels stretching from Lebanon into Israel
• Wounded Yemeni rebels to be treated in Oman
• Egypt hosts international arms expo
• Turkish inflation eases from 15-year high as lira recovers
• Israeli prime minister to meet Pompeo in Brussels
• Saudi friend of Khashoggi sues Israeli surveillance company
• US coalition targets IS figure involved in killing American
• Energy-rich Qatar says it’ll withdraw from OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in January
• Syria says US-led coalition fired missiles on its positions
• Israeli police recommend indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges involving Israel’s telecom giant
• Israeli court orders release of Palestinian official
• Egypt actress says did not mean to offend by revealing dress
• Saudi prince starts Sunday a two-day visit to Algeria
• UN Driver wounded by gunfire in eastern Syria
• Hundreds of Jordanians seek PM resignation, protest tax plan
• Egypt says it regrets break of parliamentary ties with Italy
• Israeli police arrest Jordanian suspected in Eilat assault
• Syria state TV says air defenses repelled missile attack