“The U.S. secretary of state said Thursday that the United States will continue
to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza Strip, a day
after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering displaced
Palestinians killed 14 people, including six U.N. staffers. Meanwhile, Turkey
announced its own investigation into the death of a Turkish American activist
who was shot and killed by Israeli forces last week while protesting
settlements in the occupied West Bank. A Syrian pro-government media outlet and
an opposition war monitor said an Israeli strike hit a car in southern Syria on
Thursday, killing two people. The Health Ministry says more than 41,000
Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began. It does
not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count. The war has
caused vast destruction and displaced about 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3
million, often multiple times.”











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Associated Press: Israel-Hamas War Latest: Blinken Says Us Will Keep Pressing
Israel To Spare Gaza Humanitarian Sites
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“The U.S. secretary of state said Thursday that the United States will
continue to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza
Strip, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering
displaced Palestinians killed 14 people, including six U.N. staffers.
Meanwhile, Turkey announced its own investigation into the death of a Turkish
American activist who was shot and killed by Israeli forces last week while
protesting settlements in the occupied West Bank. A Syrian pro-government media
outlet and an opposition war monitor said an Israeli strike hit a car in
southern Syria on Thursday, killing two people. The Health Ministry says more
than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war
began. It does not differentiate between fighters and civilians in its count.
The war has caused vast destruction and displaced about 90% of Gaza’s
population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.”



Reuters: Several People Killed In Attack In Afghanistan, Says Interior Ministry

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“Several people were killed, and others injured in an attack by unknown armed
individuals in Afghanistan on Thursday, the country's Interior Ministry
spokesman said, the first attack on civilians in Daykundi province since the
Taliban took power. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack,
the group said on Thursday on its Telegram channel. It did not immediately
provide any evidence for its assertion. Most of the residents of Daykundi
province are Shia Muslims, and it is considered one of the safest provinces.
Islamic State-Khurasan, a local affiliate of the Middle East-based Islamic
State, has waged an insurgency against the Taliban, who they see as their
enemies. Taliban authorities say they have mostly crushed the group, even as it
continues to carry out attacks in Afghanistan.”




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Iran



Associated Press: Gunmen Kill 3 Border Guards In An Attack In Restive
Southeastern Iran
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“Gunmen killed three border guards and wounded one other person Thursday in
restive southeastern Iran, state-run media reported. IRNA news agency reported
that gunmen in a car opened fire on a border regiment vehicle in Mirjaveh
county in southeast Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Pakistani border,
killing two soldiers and an officer. A civilian was wounded. IRNA saidthe
militant group Jaish al-Adl, which allegedly seeks greater rights for the
ethnic Baluch minority, claimed responsibility for the attack. In April, in two
separate clashes in the province, at least 22 Iranian policemen died. The
province, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been the site of occasional
deadly clashes involving militant groups, armed drug smugglers, and Iranian
security forces.”



Yemen



Reuters: Risky Salvage Of Sounion Tanker To Restart In Red Sea This Week,
Sources Say
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“Experts will this week resume a risky operation to salvage the Sounion
tanker that was repeatedly attacked by Yemen's Houthis in the Red Sea last
month and still holds about one million barrels of crude oil, maritime sources
said on Thursday. The towing of the 900-foot Greek-registered vessel - which
was struck by multiple projectiles, lost power and caught fire on Aug. 21 - was
paused after it was deemed unsafe by the companies initially involved in the
project. The salvage operation will be particularly delicate, given the full
load and a host of other factors, officials said. Any spill could be one of the
largest from a ship, risking catastrophic environmental damage in an area that
is particularly dangerous to enter. The Houthis - who say they are acting in
solidarity with Palestinians caught up in the Israel-Gaza war - detonated
charges on the tanker after the initial attack, causing more fires.”



Middle East



Reuters: Hamas Chief Sinwar Thanks Hezbollah In Letter To Nasrallah
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“Hamas chief Yehya Sinwar thanked the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah Sayyed
Hassan Nasrallah for his group's support in the conflict with Israel, Hezbollah
said on Friday, in the first reported message since Sinwar became Hamas leader
in August. The Iran-backed Hezbollah has been waging attacks on Israel for
nearly a year in a conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border that has been
taking place in parallel to the Gaza war. Hezbollah says its attacks aim to
support the Palestinians. "Your blessed actions have expressed your solidarity
on the fronts of the Axis of Resistance, supporting and engaging in the
battle," Sinwar told Nasrallah, according to Hezbollah's al-Manar broadcaster.
Sinwar has not appeared in public since the Oct. 7 attacks and is widely
thought to be running the war from tunnels beneath Gaza. It was the second time
this week he is reported to have sent a letter.”



Somalia



Voice Of America: Report: IS-Somalia Becomes Financial Hub; Leader Could Be
Top IS Chief
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“The International Crisis Group says Islamic State in Somalia has become an
important financial influence for terrorism, and a report suggests the leader
of the branch might become the new overall head of the militant group.
IS-Somalia is not as active on the battlefield as its local counterpart, the
al-Qaida-linked terror group al-Shabab, which controls large parts of southern
and central Somalia, but it is building relations with other IS branches, the
International Crisis Group said in a report released Thursday. In addition, the
report says, IS-Somalia is able to finance terror operations in other African
countries. Omar Mahmood, a senior researcher with the International Crisis
Group, or ICG, said IS-Somalia plays a bigger role outside Somalia than
al-Shabab does. "Al-Shabab is by far and away a bigger threat,” Mahmood said.”



Voice Of America: Exclusive Interview: US Boosts Diplomacy, Security Support
In Somalia
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“In an exclusive interview, U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Richard Riley shed
light on the ongoing diplomatic efforts and security challenges facing the East
African nation, including U.S. efforts to find a peaceful diplomatic solution
to the ongoing dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Somalia and Ethiopia have
been in a dispute that was ignited at the beginning of this year when Ethiopia
signed a memorandum of understanding, or MoU, with the breakaway region of
Somaliland — a deal Somalia sees as an infringement on its sovereignty. The
agreement gives Ethiopia leasing rights to a large portion of the Red Sea
coastline in Somaliland. During the interview conducted at the U.S. Embassy in
Mogadishu, Riley, who was sworn into his post in May, shared with VOA his
insights on the U.S. commitment to finding peaceful resolutions and supporting
the Somali government in combating terrorism.”



Europe



Associated Press: EU Top Diplomat Urges Lebanon And Israel To Ease Tensions
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“The European Union’s top diplomat on Thursday urged Lebanon and Israel to
work on deescalating tensions along the border, saying that since his last trip
to the region in January “the drums of war have not stopped pounding.” The
comments of Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, came as members of the
militant Hezbollah group and Israel’s military carried out cross-border attacks
along the tense frontier on Thursday. Western and Arab officials have visited
Beirut over the past year to try to reduce tensions along the Lebanon-Israel
border, but Hezbollah officials have said they will only stop carrying out
attacks along the border when Israel stops its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
“Since I lasted visited Lebanon in January the drums of war have not stopped
pounding,” Borrell told reporters in Beirut during a joint press conference
with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib.”



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