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Israel bombs Syria army HQ after warning Damascus to leave Druze alone
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says...
Israel opens new military corridor in southern Gaza
The National News
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Israel says it has created an army-controlled route through the Gazan city of Khan Younis, the latest in a series of corridors to cut the strip into sections. The corridor, called Magen Oz, stretches about 15km between eastern and western Khan...
Israel launches fresh attacks against Syria as border tensions grow
Sky News Australia
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July 16, 2025
Israel has launched fresh strikes on Syria as tensions between both nations mount following clashes on the Golan Heights border. Syrian state media reported two airstrikes hit the city of Sweida on Wednesday, local time, with further explosions...
Israel Attacks Syria Following Religious Persecution Of Druze
Zero Hedge
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Following formal recognition by the US of the HTS-led government which overthrew Bashar Al-Assad in December, Washington called on Israel to normalize its relations with the new Syrian regime. Although officials from Damascus and Tel Aviv appeared...
Israeli strike in Damascus stokes regional tensions
Hurriyet Daily News
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS An armed gunman rides a motorbike through Damascus' Ummayad Square near Syria's military headquarters after Israel said it hit the nearby military spot on July 16, 2025. Israel escalated tensions in the region Wednesday with a strike near...
A key governing partner of Netanyahu is quitting, leaving him with minority in Israeli parliament
Brandon Sun
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July 16, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday, with a key governing partner announcing it was quitting his coalition government, leaving him with a minority in parliament as the...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between Syrian forces and minority Druze rage on
Santa Maria Times - California
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The Israeli army said it struck near the entrance to the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus. Israel has launched a series of airstrikes on convoys of government forces in southern Syria since the clashes erupted and has beefed up forces on the...
20 killed in Gaza as crowd surges at aid site run by Israeli-backed group
Imperial Valley Press - California
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said. They were the first deaths reported at...
Israel
Associated Press
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July 16, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday, with a key governing partner announcing it was quitting his coalition government, leaving him with a minority in parliament as the...
Another key ally is quitting Netanyahu's governing coalition, dealing Israel's leader a major blow
Yahoo News
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday, with a key governing partner announcing it was quitting his coalition government, leaving him with a minority in parliament as the...
IDF reports striking Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus
TASS
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July 16, 2025
TEL AVIV, July 16. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reported delivering a strike on Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus. According to the army press service, Israeli troops "struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military...
Wave of Israeli Terror from the Skies: Damascus Bombed, Syria Under Attack
Novinite
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Israel has carried out a series of airstrikes on key government sites in the Syrian capital, Damascus, including the Ministry of Defence and areas near the presidential palace. The attacks coincided with ongoing Israeli operations targeting Syrian...
Israel bombs Syria army HQ after warning Damascus to leave Druze alone
The Economic Times
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July 16, 2025
Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 250 people....
'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness?': US ambassador to Israel slams Occupied Territories Bill
The Journal
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July 16, 2025
THE US AMBASSADOR to Israel has told the Irish government to “sober up” and asked if drafting a bill to ban trade in goods with illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine was an “act of diplomatic intoxication”. Ambassador Mike Huckabee is one of a...
Future Palestinian state a place for women and respect for law, claims foreign minister
Euronews
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Published on 16/07/2025 - 18:37 GMT+2•Updated 18:38 If a Palestinian state emerges, it will be a pluralistic state, with a place for women, and adherence to international law, including the security of Israel, the Palestinian foreign minister has...
Why Israel is getting involved in Syria's internal fighting
Sky News
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July 16, 2025
Israel has shown little respect for international borders since becoming the unrivalled military hegemon of the Middle East. Today that meant an Israeli airstrike on a government building in Damascus. Israel says its attack on a Syrian defence...
The Arab Parliament condemns Israel's repeated escalations against Lebanon and Syria
Sada Elbalad
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July 16, 2025
Wed 16 Jul 2025 | 01:21 PM The Arab Parliament expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the repeated Israeli attacks on the territories of the Lebanese Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic, which constitute a flagrant violation of...
Another key ally is quitting Netanyahu's governing coalition, dealing Israel's leader a...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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“In this current situation, it’s impossible to sit in the government and to be a partner in it,” Shas Cabinet minister Michael Malkieli said in announcing the party's decision. But Shas said it would not undermine Netanyahu's coalition from the...
The Latest: Stampede at Gaza food distribution site kills 20 as Israeli strikes claim 41 lives
Santa Maria Times - California
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A stampede at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Wednesday, the group said, in the first acknowledgment of deadly violence at its operations. The Gaza Humanitarian...
World : Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Slams Bloc's Failure To Act On Israel's Human Rights Violations
Bernama
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July 16, 2025
BRUSSELS, July 16 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The European Council missed its chance this week to do something to stop Israel’s “war crimes” and genocide in Gaza, according to a former EU foreign policy chief, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. "@EUCouncil...