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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...
Italy's Jews express pain at strike on Gaza church
ANSA
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July 17, 2025
The Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) on Thursday expressed "pain" after two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip. It said that the church is "a place of worship and prayer, a space...
More Than a Label: The Politics of ‘Settler’ in Israel and Palestine
Media Line
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July 17, 2025
In my latest explainer for The Media Line, I take a hard look at a deceptively simple word: settler. Following the killing of Palestinian American Saif Musalat in the West Bank, and the arrest of two Israeli suspects described by most media as...
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ after two people killed in apparent Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church
WKBT - Wisconsin
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(CNN) — Pope Leo XIV is “deeply saddened” after two people were killed in a strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, he said in a Vatican telegram on Thursday. Calling the strike a “military attack,” the Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Parolin...
PARKER: Time for new immigration law
Daily Herald - Utah
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Last month, the Trump administration Labor Department slapped a hold on Biden administration rules on H-2A visas, which allow U.S. farmers to hire foreign workers when they are unable to fill their jobs with Americans. The H-2A rules were already...
Israel strikes military compounds in Damascus as Syrian government widens attack on Sweida
The National News
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Israel attacked the main Syrian military compounds in the heart of Damascus on Wednesday, in a widening aerial campaign in response to an escalating Syrian government offensive on the southern city of Sweida. A Syrian military official told The...
Trump's approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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And while a majority of Americans do see Trump as at least "somewhat" capable of getting things done following the passage of his sprawling budget bill, fewer believe he understands the problems facing people like them. Most don't see positive...
Israel stirs pot in S. Syria as casualties rise, cease-fire collapses
Sabah
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July 16, 2025
Israel continued its interventions in southern Syria on Wednesday as clashes raged in Suwayda after a cease-fire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed. Israel threatened to escalate its involvement in support of the Druze...
The Balancing Act for Israeli Druze
New Lines Magazine
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July 17, 2025
The small, generally unobtrusive and law-abiding Druze community in Israel was briefly in the international news at the beginning of May, when it organized several demonstrations to demand that the Israeli military protect its coreligionists from...
Israel bombs Syria army HQ after warning Damascus to leave Druze alone
Hurriyet Daily News
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July 16, 2025
DAMASCUS Israel bombed the Syrian army's headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country's Druze minority alone, as authorities announced a ceasefire in the community's southern heartland after...
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...
Syrian President Sharaa's FIRST statement on Israeli strikes in Damascus, says, 'We are the ones who..'
DNA India
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July 17, 2025
The Israeli military on Wednesday, i.e., July 16, stated that it struck the entrance of the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus, adding that the Israel Defence Force (IDF) continues to monitor developments and the regime's actions against Druze...
Israel strikes in Damascus as clashes between govt forces
Awaz The Voice
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July 16, 2025
Damascus Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened to escalate its involvement, saying it's in support of the Druze...
Israeli Strike Hits Syrian Army Headquarters In Damascus
News18
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July 16, 2025
Last Updated:July 16, 2025, 16:16 IST The Israeli army bombed the entrance gate of the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus and attacked Suwayda. The attacks followed resumed fighting in Suwayda despite a ceasefire.The Israeli military said it...
North Carolina’s Democratic Party passes resolution calling for arms embargo on Israel. Many state leaders have stayed silent
CNN
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July 17, 2025
CNN — When the executive committee of North Carolina’s Democratic Party passed a resolution in June calling for an immediate arms embargo on Israel, it set off another episode in the party’s ongoing struggles with how it addresses the Israel-Hamas...
Israel 'dragging its feet' at Gaza ceasefire talks
Ynet
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July 16, 2025
Israel is stalling in the latest round of ceasefire negotiations in Doha, while Hamas is holding firm to key demands, according to sources familiar with the talks. “Israel is dragging its feet in Doha,” one source said, adding that Israel has made...
Syrian clashes ease after Israeli airstrikes in Damascus
The Gazette - Colorado
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Deadly sectarian clashes in Syria seemingly eased on Thursday, after a ceasefire was announced between groups fighting in Suwayda and government forces started to withdraw from the Druze-majority southern province. Syria’s interim President Ahmed...
Israel bombs Syria army HQ after warning Damascus over Druze
ARY News
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July 16, 2025
SWEIDA, Syria: 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...
‘Diplomatic intoxication’: Ireland slammed by US Ambassador to Israel over Palestine stance
Sky News Australia
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July 17, 2025
Ireland’s Parliament looks set to formally recognize an independent Palestinian state in a move that would alienate Washington and Tel Aviv. The bill, which is currently in pre-legislative scrutiny, would also seek to impose sanctions on Israeli...
Muslim women in UK media face systemic bias, new report finds
The New Arab
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July 16, 2025
Fatima Manji made history as Channel 4's first hijabi news presenter but a new report found systemic discrimination and exclusion against Muslim women in UK media [Channel 4] A new study has uncovered entrenched discrimination against Muslim women...