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February 19th, 2026 - 07:07 GMT

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Trump to notify Israel before attacking Iran

ALBAWABA - Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported, citing a military source, that the United States will notify Israel a time ahead if it decides to launch an attack on Iran. This comes amid reports by Axios that U.S. President Donald Trump is close to a major war in the Middle East. The sources mentioned that this time, a military action will be jointly conducted by the U.S. and Israel and will ...

A US soldier sits atop a vehicle in a convoy patrolling an area in the countryside of Tal Tamr town, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the border with Turkey, on July 11, 2020. Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 06:18 GMT

US Military Convoy Attacked in Iraq's Diwaniyah

A police officer clashes with protesters near the National Assembly building in Belgrade, on July 10, 2020, during a demonstration against a weekend curfew announced to combat a resurgence of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) infections. Serbia announced a record coronavirus death toll for a single day on July 10, as the government hit back at protests over its handling of the pandemic. ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 06:08 GMT

Serbia Coronavirus Protests Continue as Police Arrest 71

Protesters holding up the flags of the (L to R) Marxist-Leninist Popular Democratic Party, Palestine, and Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah burn a make-shift US flag and prints depicting US dollar bills, during an anti-US demonstration near the United States' Embassy headquarters in Awkar, northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut on July 10, 2020. JOSEPH EID / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 06:00 GMT

Lebanese PM Diab Refuses to Resign Amidst Financial Chaos

U.S. President Donald Trump give a thumbs up after speaking to the media as he departs for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from the White House on July 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke to the media about his decision to commute the prison sentence of his friend and advisor Roger Stone. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 05:56 GMT

Trump in Low Spirit as He Blames Covid-19, 'Sick, Twisted' Police Officers as Affecting Presidential Campaign

Members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces stand guard on the Iraqi side of the Mandili crossing on the border with Iran on July 11, 2020. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi launched a new campaign against corruption at the country's borders, saying millions of dollars were being lost by not properly taxing imported goods. Thaier Al-SUDANI / POOL / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 05:43 GMT

Iraq Reopens Mandali Border Crossing With Iran

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (AFP)

July 12th, 2020 - 05:37 GMT

Dam Talks Reach Dead End as Egypt Refuses Ethiopian Plea

Lebanon has recorded 2,168 infections and 36 deaths since February. (AFP/File)

July 12th, 2020 - 05:31 GMT

Lebanon Coronavirus Cases Rise For a Third Consecutive Day By 86

Israelis lift placards during a demonstration in Rabin Square in the central coastal city of Tel Aviv, on July 11, 2020, to protest the government's abandonment of the country's self-employed and other sectors after forcing their businesses to close under COVID-19 regulations, according to the organizers. Jack GUEZ / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 05:27 GMT

Thousands of Israelis Protest The Govt's Inept Response to The Coronavirus

In this file photo a displaced Syrian boy sits next to humanitarian aid, consisting of heating material and drinking water, at a camp in the town of Mehmediye, near the town of Deir al-Ballut along the border with Turkey, on February 21, 2020. Rami al SAYED / AFP

July 12th, 2020 - 05:18 GMT

UN Resumes Syria Aid Through One 'Turkish Gate' Only

Naidoo said police also arrested over 40 suspects allegedly involved in the hostage-taking, with six currently in the hospital being treated for gunshot wounds. (Twitter)

July 12th, 2020 - 05:09 GMT

Five People Killed, 200 Hostages Rescued From South Africa Church

A mask-clad driver sits behind the wheel in an ambulance in the central Karrada district of Iraq's capital Baghdad on July 1, 2020. AFP

July 11th, 2020 - 05:42 GMT

First Iraqi MP Dies From Covid-19 as Cases Jump by 600%

Tourists visit the inside of Hagia Sophia on July 10, 2020, in Istanbul, before a top Turkish court revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque. (AFP)

July 11th, 2020 - 05:37 GMT

Hamas Supports Erdogan's Decision to Turn Hagia Sophia Into a Mosque