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The Post-Iranian Middle East
Foreign Affairs
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July 11, 2025
Five decades ago, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin established the principle that Israel would not allow any country that calls for its destruction to acquire nuclear weapons. And beginning on June 13, it made good on this pledge. Over nearly...
RAF A400M flights keep British military operations across Middle East supplied
Forces Network
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A detachment of the RAF's Air Mobility Force is forward-based in the Middle East region as part of the UK's contribution to Operation Shader and Operation Kipion. The detachment currently includes a Voyager and an A400M, flying regular supply runs...
Iran reveals Israeli assassination attempt on President Pezeshkian during war
Iran Front Page
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July 11, 2025
In an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen network on Thursday, Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Deputy for Communications and Information at the President’s Office, revealed that the Israeli attack occurred while President Pezeshkian was meeting with top...
Turkish theater opens festival in Moscow with 'War and Peace'
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
The Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters’ production of "Savaş ve Barış" ("War and Peace"), adapted from the classic novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy and directed by Mehmet Birkiye, will be staged in Moscow, Russia. Since its...
Opinion: Middle East violence not inevitable or unsolvable
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 11, 2025
While we welcome the steps the United States has taken to neutralize Iran’s nuclear capabilities, it is unfortunate that the Iranian military theocracy remains deeply rooted in hostility toward the West — particularly Israel. This animosity is not...
Fury over Labour-run London council's decision to twin with Palestinian city as residents say it won't solve peace in the Middle East but risks dividing community
Daily Mail
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July 11, 2025
A London council has been accused of 'sectarianism' for twinning with a Palestinian city. Brent, a Labour-run local authority in the north of the capital, voted in May to twin with Nablus in the West Bank to promote 'cultural, social, economic,...
Turkish startups raise $211 million in H1 2025
Sabah
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July 11, 2025
Türkiye's startup ecosystem saw $211 million raised across 91 funding rounds in the first half of 2025, according to data released by the industry monitor startups.watch at an event held at Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ) ARI Teknokent Magnet....
Turkish Airlines Named ‘Expatriate Airline Of The Year’ At TEBA 2025
Leadership
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July 11, 2025
Turkish Airlines has been awarded ‘Expatriate Airline of the Year’ at the 2025 edition of The Expatriate Business Awards (TEBA), held at the Grand Ballroom of the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. This prestigious recognition celebrates the...
Iran attack on Qatar air base hit geodesic dome used for US communications
Naharnet
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An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the U.S. military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The U.S. military and...
EU foreign ministers to discuss situation in Middle East Monday
Tuscaloosa Times - Alabama
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BRUSSELS, 11th July, 2025 (WAM) -- EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs will hold a meeting next Monday in Brussels, to be chaired by Kaja Kallas, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The meeting will address...
Turkey’s Yilmaz offers ‘unwavering support’ for two-state Cyprus solution
Cyprus Mail
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July 11, 2025
By Tom Cleaver Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Friday expressed his country’s “unwavering support” for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a visit to the north. “We fully and unwaveringly support President Ersin Tatar’s...
Turkey arrests four opposition mayors
Semafor
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July 11, 2025
Four Turkish mayors who had opposed the country’s president were arrested this week, amid a widening crackdown that has ensnared more than 500 government critics. Ankara has said the detentions were part of a wide-ranging effort to battle...
Iran criticised for harsh mass deportations of Afghans
5Pillars
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July 11, 2025
Iran has faced criticism for the “undignified” large-scale expulsions of hundreds of thousands of Afghans during the height of summer, in a policy that has accelerated since the 12-day war with Israel. More than half a million Afghans have been...
Major airlines suspend flights to middle east amid ongoing safety concerns
Daily Times
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July 11, 2025
Many airlines have suspended or delayed flights to the Middle East following a 12-day air conflict between Iran and Israel that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire in late June. Although Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport reopened on July 4 after a...
Israel says killed Hezbollah artillery commander in Mansouri strike
Naharnet
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 July 2025, 13:03 The Israeli military said it targeted Muhammad Jamal Murad, a Hezbollah artillery commander in the coastal sector, in a drone strike on Mansouri in southern Lebanon on Thursday. The Israeli army accused...
Israeli drone strikes car in Nmairiyeh
Naharnet
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by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 July 2025, 16:18 An Israeli drone targeted Friday a car on the road between Nmairiyeh and al-Sharqiyeh in the Nabatieh district. Despite a November ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up its strikes in...
Iran Update, July 10, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Israel k!lled 12 journalists during war – Iran
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 10, 2025
Iran said Thursday that at least a dozen journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli strikes during the two countries’ recent war, according to state media. The media arm of the Basij paramilitary forces — a branch of the Islamic...
Iranian Group Places $40 Million Bounty on Trump’s Head, Urges ‘Every Cell of the Resistance in the West’ to Carry Out Death Sentence
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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July 11, 2025
L: Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) R: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) An Iranian movement has reportedly raised more than $40 million for the assassination of President Donald Trump, as the country’s senior religious...
Iran strike on Al Udeid hit US radar, Satellite images show
Mehr News Agency
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July 11, 2025
An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the U.S. military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by The Associated Press show. The U.S. military and...