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Saudi crown prince congratulates Lebanon PM on new govt

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has congratulated Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam on forming a new government, the Gulf kingdom’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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New Syria leader holds talks with Jordan king

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his third foreign visit since ousting Bashar al-Assad...

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Israel to keep troops in West Bank camps

Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians...

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Khamenei vows ‘resistance’ to Israel

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed ‘resistance’ against Israel as Hezbollah held a funeral Sunday in Beirut for its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli strike in September.

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New polio vaccination drive begins in Gaza

A third mass polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, AFP journalists reported, with the aim of delivering the first dose to nearly 600,000 children across the Palestinian territory.

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Hamas frees 6 Israeli hostages in latest transfer

Palestinian militants on Saturday freed six Israeli hostages, among the last living captives to be released under the first phase of a fragile truce that is also expected to see Palestinian prisoners released.