MidEast

Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas terrorist who manages the group’s operations in the West Bank, was reportedly expelled from Turkey under pressure from the United States and Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. According to the Post, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and Hamas leader Khaled...

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Over 650 of the nearly 700 medical personnel who have died in Syria since the start of the uprising against dictator Bashar al-Assad have been killed by the regime and its allies, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charged in a report last week. According to PHR, there have been 336...

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The continued captivity of Robert Levinson nearly nine years after he was detained in Iran underscores the dangers foreigners face while visiting the Islamic Republic, Daniel Levinson, his son, wrote in an op-ed published Monday in The Washington Post. Citing his father’s case, Levinson warned that in the wake of...

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Israel’s education minister, Naftali Bennett, announced plans to open the Jewish state’s first Arab general academic college, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. Israel’s Council for Higher Education (CHE), which is headed by Bennett, is set to approve the proposal for the establishment of a state-funded college in northern Israel. The CHE will either...

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The David’s Sling mid-range missile interceptor, jointly developed by American and Israeli defense contractors, has completed its final test and is prepared to be deployed next year, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. In the final test of the series, an interceptor missile was successfully launched, performed all flight phases, and engaged the...

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The government of Peru has awarded a $108 million regional telecommunications infrastructure project to the Israeli company Gilat Satellite Networks. The new project, which will be based in the Cusco region, is the latest awarded to Gilat by Fitel, Peru’s telecommunications investment fund. Gilat has projects currently underway in the regions of Huancavelica, Ayacucho and...

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