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Sudan war: Burhan rejects talks and vows to defeat RSF
Burhan has vowed to continue Sudan’s military campaign against the RSF, rejecting negotiations as fighting spreads across the country
The New Arab
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Iraq rejects Syrian request to repatriate suspected IS detainees
Iraq has rejected Syria’s request to repatriate thousands of suspected IS members transferred from Syrian detention centers to Iraqi custody earlier this year.
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Ben-Gvir celebrates October 7 arrest of Ra’am party activists
Israel’s far-right minister compared Ra’am supporters to Hamas attackers as Netanyahu’s government seeks to bar Palestinian parties from elections
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The US is withdrawing from Iraq. Who could fill the void?
Analysis: As US military power recedes, Iran, Turkey, and Iraqi militias are positioning themselves for a new contest over influence
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Trump: No Iran attack before midterms; Houthi strikes in Saudi
Yemeni government forces claim to have recaptured territory in the south, as the Houthis launched new missile attacks on Saudi Arabia.
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Gaza marks 3 years of genocide; Yemen war continues
Yemeni government forces claim to have recaptured territory in the south, as the Houthis launched new missile attacks on Saudi Arabia.
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Syria denies troops will be sent to Yemen
Syria has denied media speculation that its troops will be sent to Yemen to prop up Saudi-backed government forces
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Iraqi Airways resumes Najaf, Tehran flights after suspension
The resumption in flights comes after the US granted a sanctions waiver for Iraq Airways to fly to Iran.
Politics
India’s Modi accused of disenfranchising millions of Muslims
Critics argue the move has disproportionately targeted the Muslim community, who are less likely to vote for the Hindu-nationalist PM and his BJP party
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Iran and Oman agree on ’safe routes’ in Hormuz
Iran says it agreed with Oman on safe shipping routes in Hormuz as Trump weighs launched a fresh round of attacks against Tehran.
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Over 2,000 Gazans died awaiting medical evacuation amid siege
Gaza’s health ministry says Israeli restrictions have resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 patients, with thousands more awaiting urgent treatment
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Israel’s long road to a Gaza without Palestinians
Analysis: Israel did not need 7 October to imagine a Gaza without Palestinians, but the attacks gave it a pretext to turn an old ambition into reality
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UK Jerusalem consulate prepares for Israeli closure deadline
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Thursday that the consulate building would remain open under the name ’UK Mission, Jerusalem’.
Culture
The First Year: A reckoning with the media’s coverage of Gaza
Play Review: ’The First Year’ asks audiences to look again at the first year of the Gaza genocide and at the media narratives that shaped how it was understood
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How Hezbollah’s ’Gaza support front’ reshaped Lebanon 3 years on
Three years after Hezbollah opened its Gaza support front, Lebanon faces mounting losses, political shifts and an expanded Israeli occupation.
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Russian bomb kills 33 in street in east Ukraine stronghold
Moscow’s forces have stepped up drone and guided-bomb strikes on Kramatorsk and other cities in Ukraine’s "fortress belt".
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Israeli prisons since 2023: sites of torture and ’extermination’
Organisations for Palestinian prisoners have documented torture, starvation, medical neglect, and more than 100 prisoners dead in Israeli prisons since 2023.
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Gaza 3 years on: The unfinished fight for Palestinian workers
Thousands of Palestinian workers were detained and tortured in 2023, yet questions about their fate remain unanswered, writes Hossam el-Hamalawy.