Xi Jinping visited Egypt for the first time since 2016, signing economic agreements and urging Middle Eastern nations to oppose external interference and reshape the region’s security order.
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US Forces on Track to Exit Iraq by September 30, Ending 23-Year Mission
US officials confirmed forces will complete their Iraq withdrawal by September 30, ending a 23-year military presence and handing off to economic partnerships.
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Turkey’s Parliament Votes 468-88 for Conditional PKK Pardon
Turkey’s parliament passed a conditional pardon for PKK militants 468-88, contingent on full disarmament verified by Ankara’s National Security Council.
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Arab and Islamic Ministers Convene in Amman Over Israeli Moves at Al-Aqsa
Arab and Islamic foreign ministers met in Amman on August 5 to coordinate a response to Israeli actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, demanding UN Security Council intervention.
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Israel and Lebanon Move Peace Talks to Rome as IDF Completes First Withdrawal
Israeli and Lebanese technical teams will meet in Rome from August 4 to 6 to expand a southern Lebanon pilot zone after the IDF completed its first troop withdrawal last week.
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Iran Escalates as US Bombs Enter Their Seventh Night
US strikes entered a seventh consecutive night across southern Iran on July 17, hitting military logistics and port infrastructure as Tehran vowed to broaden its retaliatory scope.
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Iran breaks April truce with ballistic missile strike on Israel
Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel’s Ramat David Airbase on June 7, the first direct strike since April’s ceasefire, before both sides agreed to halt attacks two days later.
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Iran ceasefire on massive life support as Hormuz-first demand stalls the one-page deal
Six weeks after a Pakistan-brokered truce halted US-Iran hostilities, both sides remain deadlocked over sequencing in a 14-point memorandum that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and defer nuclear talks.
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The Strait of Hormuz becomes the war’s most dangerous front
Three months into US-Israel military operations against Iran, the narrow passage through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s traded oil travels has become a pressure point that neither side can afford to close — but neither has shown it can keep fully open.