Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-24 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While much digital ink has been spilled on the Supreme Court's striking down of Trump's IEEPA tariffs and the consequences of this decision (see "Full Analysis Of The Supreme Court IEEPA Decision: How It Impacts The Economy, Policy And Markets"), a lot more is on deck for this week when we will also have more geopolitical headlines to contend with, as the latest round of US-Iran talks is expected in Geneva on Thursday.
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[2026-02-24 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Iran imeionya Marekani kwamba shambulio lolote litakalofanywa dhidi yake, litajibiwa kwa hatua kali.Iran yaufunga Mlango Bahari wa Hormuz
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[2026-02-24 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Selbst nach den Maßstäben Donald Trumps war das Jahr 2026 außergewöhnlich unruhig. Die Absetzung des venezolanischen Präsidenten Nicolás Maduro, Drohungen, Grönland zu annektieren, und wiederholte Ankündigungen militärischer Aktionen gegen den Iran sorgten weltweit für Aufsehen. Aber ein Instrument prägte Trumps beide Amtszeiten wie kein anderes: Zölle.
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[2026-02-24 02:20 UTC+10:00] [Trump-Zölle] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Selbst nach den Maßstäben Donald Trumps war das Jahr 2026 außergewöhnlich unruhig. Die Absetzung des venezolanischen Präsidenten Nicolás Maduro, Drohungen, Grönland zu annektieren, und wiederholte Ankündigungen militärischer Aktionen gegen den Iran sorgten weltweit für Aufsehen. Aber ein Instrument prägte Trumps beide Amtszeiten wie kein anderes: Zölle.
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[2026-02-24 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The London-based Persian news site Manoto News was forced to suspend broadcasting on Monday following security threats by the Islamic regime, the news site confirmed.
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[2026-02-24 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has faced condemnation from Arab and Muslim countries after suggesting Israel has a biblical right to much of the Middle East.
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[2026-02-24 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, evacuated dozens of non-essential personnel via Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, Lebanese broadcaster LBCI reported on Monday.
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[2026-02-24 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Most polls indicate that more than ten mandates’ worth of soft-right voters, who in the 2022 elections mostly voted for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party, seek to vote for another right-wing alternative.
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[2026-02-24 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is concern that terrorists released into Egypt as part of the final ceasefire-hostage deal will create new cells on Israel’s border in a similar fashion to those seen in Lebanon, Arab affairs expert Ruth Wasserman Lande, the former deputy ambassador to Cairo, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
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[2026-02-24 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party lost a significant amount of votes in the 2024 US presidential election due to the party's policy on Israel's war in Gaza, Axios reported on Sunday, citing internal research carried out by top Democratic officials.
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[2026-02-24 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly half of all cucumbers imported from the Palestinian Authority have been contaminated, as revealed on Monday during a Health Committee discussion on the extent of contaminated agricultural produce from the Palestinian Authority. Approximately 15,000 tons of produce arrive annually.
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[2026-02-24 01:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has signed a military order designating five Palestinian local online media platforms as “terrorist” organisations, alleging links to Hamas, according to local Israeli media.
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[2026-02-24 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Personas revisan una zona dañada por el fuego en la mezquita Abu Bakr al-Siddiq luego que, según las autoridades palestinas, se registró un ataque de colonos israelíes en la aldea cisjordana de Tell, cerca de Nablus, el lunes 23 de febrero de 2026. (Foto AP/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-02-24 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Jerusalem District Court on Monday rejected National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s request to delay the implementation of a recent ruling ordering the promotion of police officer Rinat Saban, finding that further postponement could deepen the harm already caused both to the officer and to the public interest in an independent police force.
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[2026-02-24 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a news conference during the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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[2026-02-24 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A convoy carrying U.S. Army vehicles drives away from the International Coalition’s Qasrak Base, its largest base in northeastern Syria, heading toward Iraqi territory on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
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[2026-02-24 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iraqi politics are in crisis. Months after an election in Iraq, there is still no new prime minister or president. The reason for this is that political parties cannot agree on who to appoint. In addition, US opposition to Nouri al-Maliki, a frontrunner for prime minister, has sparked widespread hand-wringing in Baghdad.
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[2026-02-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The campaign started innocuously enough, but its goal was quite clear, being the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party from power. In and of itself, this is a goal that is quite acceptable and politically normative. After all, politics is the essence of democracy, and politicians and political parties possess every right to seek to gain the public’s support and, if electorally victorious, to administer the affairs of state instead of their rivals.
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[2026-02-24 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The head of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), Kobi Yaakobi, has invited a group of settlers on a so-called "safari tour" to view Palestinian detainees while they are lying on the floor and handcuffed.
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[2026-02-24 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US's first-ever Palestinian bookstore opened in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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[2026-02-24 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People check a fire-damaged area in the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque following, according to Palestinian authorities, an attack by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Tell, near Nablus, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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[2026-02-24 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Stock futures slumped after Trump’s weekend tariff tantrum added uncertainty to American trade policy and was another blow to bullish outlooks for 2026. The Supreme Court’s tariff ruling means a big source of fiscal revenue from 2025 may have to be refunded (although if it is refunded to US consumers, who bore the brunt of tariffs as most liberals analysts concluded, it would represent a huge pre-midterm stimulus).
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[2026-02-24 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Extras stand by as a television crew films an episode of the TV series “Al-Souriyoun al-Aada” (“The Syrian Enemies”), based on a novel of the same name that was banned under Bashar Assad, along a transformed street in central Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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[2026-02-24 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
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[2026-02-23 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has said that Israel is at war with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan, as part of a “seven-front war”.
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[2026-02-23 23:36 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normality
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[2026-02-23 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tens of Thousands of phone numbers belonging to kosher phones have been blocked by cellular companies, Army Radio reported on Monday.
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[2026-02-23 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A traffic court in Petah Tikva on Monday sentenced Carol Pesler to two years’ imprisonment - one year to be served behind bars and the remainder suspended - for fleeing the scene after striking four-year-old Rafael Adana in Netanya in May 2023, a case that triggered nationwide protests and an unusually protracted legal battle over what, precisely, prosecutors could prove.
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[2026-02-23 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As a new round of talks between the United States and Iran is scheduled to take place in Geneva, Tehran has reiterated that it wants to find a diplomatic solution with the US on its nuclear programme but will defend itself if Washington resorts to military action.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Shabnam von Hein mainly writes analysis and background articles about Iran and Afghanistan.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: With a focus on Iranian interior and foreign policy as well as societal processes and women's rights in Iran
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Tania's been covering current events in Israel and the Palestinian territories for many years, as well as the relationship between Germany and Israel.
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[2026-02-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Multimedia journalist focusing on Iran
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[2026-02-23 22:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The European Union announced that its diplomats will meet with the director of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, news agency Associated Press has reported.
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[2026-02-23 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2026-02-23 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Mkuu wa sera za nje wa Umoja wa Ulaya Kaja Kallas ametowa wito wa kuzingatiwa suluhu ya kidiplomasia kuhusu Iran, kabla ya kuanza tena kwa mazungumzo mengine kati ya Iran na Marekani wiki hii.
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[2026-02-23 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Palestinian child died on Sunday while waiting for Israel to approve his exit from Gaza for medical treatment amid an ongoing healthcare crisis in the enclave, whose medical infrastructure has been destroyed by Israel’s genocidal war.
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[2026-02-23 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Settlers set fire to a mosque south of Nablus, occupied West Bank, amid rising Israeli violence against Palestinians.
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[2026-02-23 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Four Arab Israeli citizens were arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack targeting IDF soldiers in Karmiel, Israeli law enforcement authorities said on Monday.
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[2026-02-23 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hundreds of business owners from across the country are expected to arrive at the Knesset throughout Monday to protest Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s order to raise the tax (VAT) exemption ceiling on personal imports from $75 to $150.
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[2026-02-23 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kurdish parties in Iran on Sunday announced that they were forming a coalition called the Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, a front opposed to the Islamic Republic as pressure from domestic protests and the US military increases.
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[2026-02-23 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: 6,621 complaints were filed in 2025 by IDF soldiers against the military for various kinds of mistreatment, the Defense Ministry Complaints Ombudswoman announced on Monday in its annual report on the subject.
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[2026-02-23 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai-based Al Habtoor Group has appointed a law firm as it prepares to begin arbitration proceedings against Lebanon in the US.
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[2026-02-23 19:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: سیاست۱۳۹۸/۱۱/۴۱۳۹۸ بهمن ۴, جمعه
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[2026-02-23 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices fell as the odds improved for a US-Iran nuclear deal, while tariff angst rattled American equities futures and Bitcoin as investors navigate mounting uncertainty over President Donald Trump's move to increase global import duties on trading partners.
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[2026-02-23 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Amid the erosion of the Palestinian national project, the absence of a unified political programme and effective leadership, the fragmentation of the body politic, and the disorientation accompanying all of this, Palestinians today stand at a historic and existential crossroads.
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[2026-02-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel’s rising young sports star Ahavat Hashem Gordon thrilled viewers with a dominant win over his Turkish rival on Saturday night, but anyone dreaming of a high-profile match of a different kind is out of luck; he is in a serious relationship and already engaged.
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[2026-02-23 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Jewish nationalists reportedly set fire to the entrance of the Abu Bakr al-Taddiq mosque in the village of Tel, south of Nablus, Palestinian media reported on Monday morning.
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[2026-02-23 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Blowback was swift across the Arab world after US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared it would be "fine" if Israel took over the entire Middle East, words featured in a Tucker Carlson interview from Jerusalem published days ago.
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[2026-02-23 18:24 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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