Category: Middle East

Biden to Meet Leader of Qatar, Talks to Cover Boosting Gas Supplies to Europe Amid Russia–Ukraine Tensions

January 31, 2022
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President Joe Biden is hosting the ruling leader of Qatar at the White House on Jan. 31 for discussions that are expected to include boosting gas deliveries to Europe amid fears of energy supply disruptions to the U.S. ally if the Russia–Ukraine tensions erupt into a hot conflict. Senior administration officials told reporters on a…

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Israel President on 1st Visit to UAE Amid Regional Tension

January 31, 2022
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Israel’s figurehead president met the crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Sunday on the first official visit to the United Arab Emirates by the country’s head of state, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two nations as tensions rise in the region. The UAE and Israel normalized relations in the…

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Iraqi Airstrikes Kill 9 ISIS Terrorists, Including 4 Lebanese

January 31, 2022
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BAGHDAD—Iraqi airstrikes killed nine suspected ISIS terrorists, including four Lebanese, in retaliation for an ISIS attack on Iraqi army barracks earlier this month, officials said Sunday. ISIS gunmen in Iraq broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba on Jan. 21, killed a guard and shot dead 11 soldiers…

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UAE Intercepts Houthi Missile Attack as Israeli President Visits

January 31, 2022
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DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates said on Monday it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s rebel fighters from the Iran-aligned Houthi movement as it hosted Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a first such visit. Washington condemned the assault, the third on U.S.-allied UAE within the last two weeks, including a deadly strike on the…

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2,000 Child Soldiers Recruited by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Died Fighting: UN

January 29, 2022
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U.N. experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 child soldiers recruited by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Houthis continue to hold camps and courses encouraging youngsters to fight. In the report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Saturday, the experts said…

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2,000 Child Soldiers Recruited by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Died Fighting: UN Report

January 29, 2022
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U.N. experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 child soldiers recruited by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Houthis continue to hold camps and courses encouraging youngsters to fight. In the report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Saturday, the experts said…

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Five Dead, 30 Hurt in Missile Strike on Yemen’s Marib-State Media

January 28, 2022
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ADEN—At least five people were killed and 34 injured in what Yemeni-government media said was a Houthi missile strike on Marib city on Wednesday night, state news agency SABA said on Friday. Marib city is the Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold. It sits in an energy-producing region which has been the focus of fighting over…

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Jordan Says 27 Drug Smugglers Killed at Border With Syria

January 27, 2022
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AMMAN—Jordanian soldiers killed 27 armed smugglers on Thursday as they tried to cross the border from Syria during a dawn snowstorm with a large quantity of amphetamines, an army spokesman said. Others also carrying drugs fled back into Syria during the attempted crossing, one of a growing number of such incidents over the past year,…

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Kuwait Death Toll Raised to 4 in Oil Refinery Fire

January 27, 2022
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically injured workers died of their wounds, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said in a statement Wednesday. The fire, which erupted Jan. 14 during maintenance work at the Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery,…

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House Republicans Demand Answers on Iran and Israel

January 26, 2022
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Expressing grave concern over the Biden administration’s handling of foreign policy matters in Iran and Israel, more than 30 House Republicans signed two stern letters this week, demanding action from President Joe Biden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “The American people expect this administration to live up to its word; number…

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