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Israel shoots test missile over sea, raising alarms
Russia raised a brief alarm in the Middle East Tuesday after apparently
detecting a joint Israel and US missile launch test in the
Mediterranean.
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'You Can't be an Occupier in Your Own Home'
Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) reassured the public on
Monday that in his opinion, the citizens of Israel will not come under
any attack from Syria.
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Egyptian judges call for Muslim Brotherhood to be dissolved
An Egyptian judicial panel has recommended the legal dissolution of Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
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Hezbollah mobilises ahead of potential US Syria strike
Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group, a close ally of the Syrian regime, is
redeploying its forces ahead of possible US strikes on Damascus.
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Syria's Assad: 'The Middle East is a powder keg and the fire is approaching'
Syrian President Bashar Assad scorned allegations that his forces were behind the chemical attack in Damascus.
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Putin to Send Delegation to Congress over Syria Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that a parliamentary delegation will be sent to the United States .
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USS Nimitz carrier moves into Red Sea
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and four other ships in its strike group moved into the Red Sea early on Monday.
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German elections to set EU agenda in coming months
The German federal elections on 22 September are keenly awaited in Brussels.
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Syrian Kurdish leader on looming US attack and its consequences
US and Western claims of a chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of
Damascus on August 21st seem to many in the region to be suspicious.
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Israelis and Palestinians meet for fresh round of talks
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met Tuesday in the latest round of talks to hammer out a peace agreement.