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News Articles: Middle East

Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio, parish priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic church in Ramallah, speaks during a memorial service in June for the late Palestinian and veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The Palestinian Authority says it has shared the bullet that killed Abu Akleh with U.S. officials.

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  • Middle East

The bullet that killed Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh has been sent to U.S. officials

An official with the Palestinian Authority tells NPR an agreement was reached to share the bullet with the U.S.

July 03, 2022
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  • Daniel Estrin
FILE - An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, while Lebanon and Israel are being called to resume indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, off the southern town of Naqoura, Monday, June 6, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Israel shoots down Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean

The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah moving near an Israeli gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea.

July 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man cleans up rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province in Iran, some 620 miles south of the capital Tehran on July 2, 2022.

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A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man cleans up rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province in Iran, some 620 miles south of the capital Tehran on July 2, 2022.

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  • World

A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinian artists paint a mural in honor of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City, after she was killed on May 11. A new U.N. report says Israeli forces fired the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured a colleague.

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  • Middle East

Israeli gunfire killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, U.N. says

"We have found no information suggesting that there was activity by armed Palestinians in the immediate vicinity," U.N. Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

June 24, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel's governing coalition has collapsed and the country will hold new elections.

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  • Middle East

Israel's prime minister is stepping down, sparking a new round of elections

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will step down, bringing Israel to its fifth round of elections in just over three years. It comes as former leader Benjamin Netanyahu tries to return to power.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in <em>Unholy Wars</em> in Charleston, S.C., in May.

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  • Arts & Life

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in <em>Unholy Wars</em> in Charleston, S.C., in May.

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  • Arts & Life

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Supporters of Mohammed el-Halabi hold a Palestinian flag and placards as protesters wave Israeli flags, outside the district court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Gaza rocket into Israel breaks 2-month lull, Israel responds

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday. Hours later, Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes.

June 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of Mohammed el-Halabi hold a Palestinian flag and placards as protesters wave Israeli flags, outside the district court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Gaza rocket into Israel breaks 2-month lull, Israel responds

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday. Hours later, Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes.

June 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Middle East

A U.S.-led military raid in Syria captures a senior IS leader

The coalition did not name the person but identified him as one of the top leaders of the extremist group's Syria branch.

June 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Constantine Tsioulcas, holding his daughter Anastasia as a baby.

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  • Arts & Life

A father's recipe that crossed three continents

Papa's recipe traveled over generations from Greece to Egypt and back again. It will never mean the same thing to the people who randomly find it online, but it will still be delicious.

June 16, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Biden will visit Saudi Arabia in July, a nation he had once called a 'pariah'

When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue.

June 14, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
A still from a video by The Clooney Foundation for Justice showing the Ain Dara archeological site storage and warehouse in the northern Aleppo Governorate, in Syria. The facility was later looted by various armed groups and bulldozed at some point between 2019 and 2020.

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  • World

These activists want buyers and dealers of stolen relics to face criminal charges

If activists have their way, not only the looters, but the buyers, of stolen cultural relics will face criminal repercussions.

June 12, 2022
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  • D. Parvaz
Mohamad Dalli (as Wissam) and Gia Madi (as Joanna) in the film "1982."

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  • Movies

'1982' explores the complexities of love and war in Lebanon

1982 is a love story set against the backdrop of war, when Israel invaded Lebanon 40 years ago. Lebanese filmmaker Oualid Mouaness, inspired by his own memories, wrote the and directed the film.

June 10, 2022
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  • Leila Fadel,
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