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Daily Archives: February 9, 2021

The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. Credit: Nanking 2012 via Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi foreign minister: Iranian nuclear program threatens entire region

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A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Monday. “The development of...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits the Israel-Lebanon border, on Nov. 17, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel’s defense minister: Lebanese government must assume responsibility for Hezbollah

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Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Monday that “Israel will not hesitate to act” to defend itself against Iran or its proxies near Israel’s northern border. Gantz made the remarks during a memorial ceremony...
Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, June 8, 2018. (MEMRI)

‘Arab states making peace with Israel will burn,’ says IRGC commander

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Arab countries should not pursue normalization with Israel as doing so could make them targets of Iran on their own soil, said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami on Monday. “We warn...
Gab Ashkenazi on Feb. 19, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

In latest call, Ashkenazi and Blinken discuss ‘outrageous’ ICC ruling

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Monday, where he thanked Blinken for American support in the wake of the International Criminal Court’s decision to open a...

February 9, 1990: The demolition of the Berlin Wall began

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Berlin Wall, German Berliner Mauer, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years...