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'A big pact': How the US plans to unite Libya through two ruling families

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Leaked UN report reveals Haftar family is smuggling oil and arms in Libya

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Saudi Arabia and its allies must curb the growing Israeli-Emirati axis

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Live: Report says Israel and US planning new strikes on Iran

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Trump official insists overhauled visa system won't scare away foreign investment

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US intel says war on Iran has not set back Iran's nuclear programme: Report

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Iran strikes UAE for second day in a row, says Emirati defence ministry

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Israel appoints settler who backs annexation to head powerful land authority

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Google DeepMind staff unionise over Israel and US military ties

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How Lebanon's leaders are enabling Israel's war on their own country

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Golders Green attacks: A Muslim was also stabbed - not that you'd know

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War on Iran has triggered a fundamental crisis of trust in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

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Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one

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UAE's Opec exit seeks to hit Saudi Arabia where it hurts

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The West's bubble of illusion about Israel - and about itself – is finally being burst

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Gaza was the scandal that should have ended Keir Starmer's political career

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Iran taught me what love is. So if I die tomorrow, I have lived well

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Trump's threats to steal Iran's oil continue a long history of US pillage

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Israel's policy of endless war is fuelled by the crisis of Zionism

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Gaza cannot be rebuilt until Palestinians control their own political future

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Britain created the template for Israel's occupation. It must own up to its crimes in Palestine

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British Muslims oppose the war on Iran? No kidding, so do most Brits

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Smashing a figure of Jesus is part of Israel's ongoing erasure of Christians

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One of the greatest tragedies of this war has been the deliberate targeting of Iran's medical facilities

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How the war on Iran is rewriting regional trade routes

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Lebanon is a house divided as its leaders negotiate and Hezbollah fights on

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Pakistan's new clout puts it at centre of fragile geopolitical web

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Americans don't want Iranians killed. As long as they're hipsters

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Why the war on Iran matters for the global AI energy race

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Middle East Eye documentary 'Soaked in Blood' wins Webby award

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Israel's war on Lebanon

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Exclusive: Inside Hezbollah's battle for Bint Jbeil and Khiam

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Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians, including student, in Ramallah school attack

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Turkey says Muslim countries concerned by Israel-Greece-Cyprus alliance

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'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran

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'The rat gnawed at my toes': Rodent infestation overruns Gaza's displaced

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'I wished for death': Sexual violence in Israel's prisons is an 'organised state policy'

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Exclusive: What the Lebanese government wants from talks with Israel

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Exclusive: Greek ships secretly supplying Israel with oil and military cargo

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Strange figures and unexplained killings: The clues Mossad infiltrated Iran's protests

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UAE has an active role in Iran war and will be pounded if US invades, Iranian sources say

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Israeli invasion of Lebanon could be worse than 1982, warn European officials

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US and Israeli war on Iran

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Trump extends Iran ceasefire with fate of Pakistan talks left uncertain

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Mediators push US-Iran ceasefire extension as deal hopes fade

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No ceasefire for Iran's Kurdish opposition parties in exile

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Saudi Arabia pressed US to secure a Lebanon ceasefire to preserve Iran negotiations, sources say

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Iran fires more than a dozen missiles at UAE over US 'adventurism' in Hormuz

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Iran threatens to attack US warships that enter Strait of Hormuz

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Iran told Saudi Arabia it planned to 'crush the UAE': Report

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Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Hamas rebuffs 'trap' disarmament plan as Israeli violations stall ceasefire process

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'I am going crazy': Families of missing Gaza children endure agonising uncertainty

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'I thought I might die': A Palestinian mother's account of Israeli detention

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Gaza 'heading towards famine' as bread shortages deepen amid Israeli curbs

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Dressed for school, returned in a shroud: Israeli forces kill Palestinian girl in class

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Hamas rules out disarmament before Israel meets ceasefire terms

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Trump's 'Board of Peace' held talks with DP World over Gaza reconstruction

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US will provide dollar loan to UAE if economy is jolted by war on Iran, US official says

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Palantir shares slide after manifesto post denouncing 'regressive' cultures

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US congressmen introduce resolution condemning Hasan Piker for alleged antisemitism

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Trump's image on US passports sparks backlash as critics decry 'vanity project'

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Trump says shooting at press dinner 'won't deter him' from Iran war

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UK: Newham council investigates Labour mayoral candidate's past flat purchase

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Home Office bans Tommy Robinson ally from entering UK to attend far-right march

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Green Party strategist reveals plan for local elections and slams 'sectarian' claims

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How Orban's loss could damage the British right

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Met police chief condemned for claiming pro-Palestine protests intended to go past synagogues

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Greens compare Reform UK's detention centre pledge to racist 1960s Tory campaign slogan

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UK Muslim groups slam government for 'scapegoating' Gaza anti-genocide protests as antisemitism

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Pro-Palestine coalition condemns Starmer for suggesting ban on marches

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UK law professors set out why they signed open letter in support of Palestine Action

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Starmer accused of 'weaponising' Golders Green attack to target pro-Palestine protests

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UK terror watchdog urges 'moratorium' on pro-Palestine marches

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What exactly is white phosphorus and why is it controversial?

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A history of Israel's invasions of Lebanon

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Israel's war on Lebanon: What exactly is the 'Dahieh Doctrine'?

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These are Iran's key islands in the Gulf

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Al-Aqsa and the Holy Sepulchre: How has Israel undermined the Status Quo?

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Who are the Kurds and what does Trump want from them?

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What 'special relationship'? Ten other occasions when the US and UK fell out

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Is the UK's intervention in Iran war legal?

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Fifa Congress: Infantino tried to stage an Israel-Palestine handshake. He failed

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'Character arc': Syrian leader watching dance performance to Missy Elliott song goes viral

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The Strokes frontman calls out 'US Zionists' on SubwayTakes

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Eurovision 2026: Over 1000 artists call for boycott for 'normalising' Israel's genocide

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Obama's visit to NYC preschool sparks memory of his bloody legacy

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The Strokes' Coachella set criticising US foreign intervention goes viral

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'When the killer cooks': Viral image shows Israeli soldier cooking in southern Lebanese home

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Apple TV accused of whitewashing genocide after announcing new Israeli series

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Low turnout and heckling dominate JD Vance's Turning Point USA appearance

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'The Boys' faces boycott as star Tomer Capone's past in Israeli army resurfaces

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The Route Back Home: How Gaza's children use art to express the nightmares of genocide

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Counterrevolution in Egypt: How Sisi broke the dream of a new republic

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The Foundations of Zionism: An epic work of Palestinian scholarship now available in English

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Ramadan TV: Six things we learned from the 2026 season

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Berlinale 2026: Arab and Turkish filmmakers deliver strong line-up despite Gaza controversy

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Echoes of Iraq: Mainstream media 'deja vu' over framing of the war on Iran

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The Most American King: Jordan's Abdullah II and the craft of survival

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Call of Duty co-founder says Activision wanted game about Iran attacking Israel

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Berlinale 2026: Films play second fiddle to Gaza controversies for the third year running

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Why a group of digital linguists are trying to revitalise the long-extinct Phoenician language

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El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?

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Hebrew Orientalism: How Jewish scholarship on the Arab world helped colonise Palestine

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Daoud Abdel Sayed: Why the late Egyptian filmmaker was so important

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The 10 worst Hollywood films by Middle Eastern filmmakers

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The Big Story

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How Mandelson reviewer failed to probe counter-terror police failings on Southport killings

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The Israeli unmaking of the Ibrahimi Mosque

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Why one of Europe's most famous football clubs chose to stand with Palestine

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Douglas Murray on Israel and Gaza: Spinning a bestseller from his own 'bullshit'

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I teach linguistics at MIT. Here's how a pro-Israel lawsuit uses language to silence critics

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As genocide continues in Gaza, the West Bank is pushed into a new Nakba

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Mohamed Salah changed Liverpool. English football changed him

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Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails

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How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power

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Exposed: The dirty campaign to paint Muslim MPs as anti-British

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Miss Palestine breaks her silence on that chaotic Miss Universe pageant | Real Talk

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What were Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Israeli intelligence? | Murtaza Hussain

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Stephen Kapos: The Holocaust survivor who leads pro-Palestine protests

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Helena Cobban: Why understanding Hamas matters

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Gideon Levy: Reporting on the Intifada changed how I see Israel

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MEE Opinion Videos

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Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that

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The great betrayal: Why Arab and Muslim rulers backed Trump's Gaza plan

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Gaza flotilla: The tide of defiance against Israel is now an unbreakable wave

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Doha is a warning to all Arab autocrats: The US will not protect you. Stand against Israel

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Doha strike shows that no peace can be achieved by recognising Israel

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Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice

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Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza

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From Damascus to Gaza, Israel's plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it

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Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists

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'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Where is the outrage over Israeli crimes in Gaza?

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Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order

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A colonial reckoning: How Israel's war on Iran reopens old wounds

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War on Gaza: How Israel is replicating Nazi starvation tactics

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The West made us pay for its guilt - and now watches as Israel delivers the final Nakba

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On Israel's fatal illusion in Syria

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Why Hamas will not surrender

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Why did UK media ignore Lammy's secret meeting with Israeli foreign minister?

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