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King Abdullah II of Jordan addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jan. 15, 2020. Credit: European Parliament via Wikimedia Commons.

Jordan’s Prince Hamza signs letter of allegiance to King Abdullah

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Jordan’s Prince Hamza bin Hussein, under house arrest for his alleged involvement in sedition against his half-brother King Abdullah II, on Monday signed a letter of allegiance to the throne. “The national interest must remain above all...
Former Lebanese justice minister and chief of police Maj. Gen. (ret.) Ashraf Rifi speaks with Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya TV on April 5, 2021. (MEMRI)

Former Lebanese justice minister: ‘Hezbollah is an enemy of the state’

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Former Lebanese justice minister Maj. Gen. (ret.) Ashraf Rifi said on Monday that Hezbollah was an enemy of the Lebanese State. Rifi, who is also the former director-general of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (the national...
A long-exposure shot showing Israel's Iron Dome defense system firing interceptors at rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, May 16, 2021. Photo by Avi Roccah/Flash90.

IDF demolishes building used by Hamas, media agencies

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The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday demolished a multi-story building in Gaza that it said contained military assets belonging to Hamas’s military intelligence division. The building also hosted the Al Jazeera and Associated Press media agencies. The Hamas terror organization...
IDF Artillery Corps seen firing into Gaza, near the Israeli border with Gaza on May 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Hamas-Israel ceasefire expected to take effect on Friday, IDF ratchets up military successes

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As multiple media reports of a ceasefire taking effect on Friday surfaced on Thursday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad continued to fire on southern Israeli cities, towns and villages throughout the day, while the...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, Oct. 15, 2015. Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons.

Rouhani says US will lift sanctions, official contradicts him on Iran state TV

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the United States is willing to remove sanctions on the country’s oil, banking and shipping industries that the previous U.S. administration imposed. “The talks in Vienna are...
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh (left) with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran in January 2018. Credit: Iran Times via Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian TV highlights Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s speech thanking Iran

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Shortly after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on May 21, Iranian state media aired part of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s victory speech, in which he thanked the Islamic Republic for...
View of the U.N. Human Rights Council special session on “the deteriorating human-rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,” May 2018. Photo by Elma Okic/U.N.

Muslim countries call for UN probe into possible human-rights violations during Israel-Gaza conflict

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Muslim countries submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations on Tuesday, calling for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to investigate potential human-rights violations during the recent fighting between Israel and...
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, May 31, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas leader: ‘God has decreed we must attack Tel Aviv’

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Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, told a group of students and academics in Gaza on Saturday that the terrorist organization has the capability to demolish Tel Aviv and that Israel had only destroyed...
Hamas terrorists attend a parade in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 27, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas releases new Shalit footage, audio recording of ‘captive Israeli soldier’

As part of an interview with a senior Hamas commander aired by Al Jazeera on Sunday, the terror group released new footage of former Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was held captive by Hamas...
On June 6, 2021, about three weeks into the campaign, the Hamas representative in Yemen, Mo'az Abu Shamala presented an honorary plaque to Muhammad 'Ali Al-Houthi, in recognition of his support for the movement. (Credit: Palinfo.com via MEMRI)

Houthi media: Palestinians receive more than $2 million from fundraising campaign

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A website run by the public relations department of the armed forces of the Yemen-based Houthi Ansar Allah movement published an article claiming its radio station gave Palestinian resistance factions a $400,000 donation, according...