Middle East
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Jul- 2026 -21 July
New Strikes as Trump Warns Iran Will Pay for US Troop Deaths
US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that it would pay "many times over" for every American soldier killed.
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21 July
Hamas Says Khalil Al-Hayya Elected as Group’s New Chief
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced Monday that it had elected Khalil al-Hayya as the new head of its political bureau.
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20 July
US Launches 9th Night of Strikes on Iran as It Hits Out at Gulf Neighbors
New violence shook the Middle East as the US announced another wave of attacks on Iran.
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20 July
UN Watchdog Calls for Restraint as Iran Says US Attacked Unfinished
The UN's nuclear watchdog called for restraint after Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said the US had attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant.
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19 July
Iran Strikes Kuwaiti Power Plant, Oil Facility
Kuwait said on Saturday that Iran struck a power and water plant as well as an oil facility, accusing it of targeting civilian infrastructure as the Middle East war escalates.
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19 July
Hezbollah Buries Dozens of Fighters in South Lebanon
Hezbollah held a mass funeral for dozens of people, most of them fighters killed in the most recent fighting with Israel, in southern Lebanon's Majdal Selm on Saturday.
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19 July
US Military Launching New Airstrikes Against Iran
The United States announced Saturday it was launching new airstrikes to punish Iran for attacks against US forces in Jordan after its first military deaths since renewing its hostilities with Tehran.
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19 July
Jordan’s Army Says Shot Down 10 Iranian Missiles
Jordan's army said on Saturday it had shot down 10 Iranian missiles with no casualties or damage, as Tehran retaliated against American strikes by pressing attacks on US allies.
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18 July
Gaza Health Officials Say Israeli Airstrike Kills Eight
Gaza's civil defense agency and a hospital said an Israeli airstrike on Friday killed eight people near a market, while the military reported it had struck a "terrorist cell."
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18 July
Strikes Kill Nine Iranian Kurdish Rebels in Iraq: Opposition Group
Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran.
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