Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
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Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to choose a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from economic catastrophe and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander…

Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations
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Israel Conducts Raids in Syria Amid Accusations of Cease-Fire Violations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military said on Sunday that it has been conducting “operational raids” in recent weeks on Mount Hermon in Syria, continuing a military campaign on Syrian soil that is drawing increasing international condemnation. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based Syrian…

Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire
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Israel’s Military Pounds Gaza as Pressure Mounts for Cease-fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dozens of Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip over the weekend as Israeli and Hamas officials resumed indirect cease-fire talks through mediators in Qatar. Israel’s military said on Sunday that it had hit more than 100 targets across the enclave over the weekend,…

Syria’s International Airport to Reopen as Government Presses for Stability
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Syria’s International Airport to Reopen as Government Presses for Stability

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syria’s main international airport in Damascus will reopen next week, the new government said on Saturday, as it tries to re-establish a sense of normalcy after the uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad. The announcement came amid tensions along the border between Syria…

State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send  Billion in Arms to Israel
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State Dept. Tells Congress It Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The State Department has told Congress that it intends to approve $8 billion in purchases of U.S.-made arms by Israel, the department’s office in charge of arms transfers said on Friday. It could be the final set of arms transfers to Israel by…

Post-election over, Team Biden is SLAMMING a bogus claim of Gaza famine
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Post-election over, Team Biden is SLAMMING a bogus claim of Gaza famine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Team Biden is slamming a report that warns of famine in northern Gaza. What a difference an election makes. The report Monday by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (an independent outfit created with Uncle Sam’s support) claimed 65,000-75,000 people lack access to…

Israel launches waves of attacks across Yemen in retaliation for Houthi missile and drone strikes
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Israel launches waves of attacks across Yemen in retaliation for Houthi missile and drone strikes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Israel launches waves of attacks across Yemen in retaliation for Houthi missile and drone strikes Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israel Defense Forces warplanes hit Sanaa International Airport in the capital, which is controlled by the Houthis. Sources in Yemen also reported strikes…

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel
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Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. Thursday’s strikes risk further escalating conflict with the Iranian-backed Houthis, whose attacks…

Donald Trump claims Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed rebels behind ‘unfriendly takeover’ of Syria
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Donald Trump claims Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed rebels behind ‘unfriendly takeover’ of Syria

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines HADERA, Israel — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday claimed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was behind the rapid fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria last week, as Israeli officials cautioned the US to keep a watchful eye on the Sunni authoritarian leader….

Artifact with strange inscription dug up at holy site in Jerusalem: ‘Unusual location’
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Artifact with strange inscription dug up at holy site in Jerusalem: ‘Unusual location’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Archaeologists recently discovered the oldest-known Chinese inscription at the holy site of Mount Zion, according to the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA). The inscription, which was found on a porcelain bowl, was discovered during a joint excavation between the IAA and the Protestant Institute…