Day: December 3, 2024

Saudi public opinion on normalization with Israel gradually shifting, research finds

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The study examined hundreds of opinion articles and columns published in the Saudi English-language press over the past year. YOAV SHUSTER DECEMBER 3, 2024 08:20 Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman attends a virtual cabinet meeting from his office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 28, 2024.(photo credit: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Public opinion in Saudi […]

Iran in crisis: Battling Israel left Tehran too weak to deal with Syria, researcher says

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“The Iranians have paid a very high price for operating all their proxies against Israel over the past year,” explained Sabati. By MAYA COHENDECEMBER 2, 2024 09:25Updated: DECEMBER 2, 2024 10:31  IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Friday prayers and a memorial ceremony for Hassan Nasrallah in Tehran earlier this month.(photo credit: Office of the Iranian […]

Israeli officials fear Syrian rebels will seize chemical weapons in Aleppo invasion

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The weapons may include missiles, production and storage facilities of chemical weapons like sarin, tanks, and armored personnel carriers. AMIR BOHBOT DECEMBER 3, 2024 09:53 Rebels fire at the Syrian military on the outskirts of Aleppo in Syria. November 29, 2024.(photo credit: BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)Israel’s security establishment has raised concerns that Syrian rebels […]

Khamenei’s dilemma: Syria, Assad, Takfiris, and the fight for Iran’s influence

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“Takfiri groups are good news for enemies of the world of Islam,” Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote on X. ALEX WINSTON DECEMBER 2, 2024 10:55Updated: DECEMBER 2, 2024 16:31 Illustrative image of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei(photo credit: Canva, REUTERS/MAHMOUD HASSANO, SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) At a time […]

State Department: US Hasn’t Determined if Israel Violated Lebanon Ceasefire

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By Mike Wagenheim -2 Kislev 5785 – December 3, 2024 Photo Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, moderates a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department. (JNS) The U.S. State […]

White House puts pressure on Turkey to restrain Syrian rebels – report

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The US noted that President Bashar al-Assad’s “regime” has been part of an ongoing refusal to “engage in a political process,” which has “created the conditions now unfolding.” JERUSALEM POST STAFF DECEMBER 3, 2024 08:57Updated: DECEMBER 3, 2024 09:03 A Syrian rebel holds his weapon as he stands near Nubl’s city in Nubl, north of […]

Report: PA, Hamas agree to form committee to run post-war Gaza

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By AgenciesToday, 8:32 am Displaced Palestinians line up to receive food at a distribution centre in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on November 26, 2024 (BASHAR TALEB / AFP) The Palestinian Authority and Hamas have signed a document agreeing to form a joint committee that would run the post-war Gaza Strip, the London-based pan-Arab […]