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The UAE says its ties with Washington are going through a “stress test,” and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says he doesn’t care what US President Joe Biden thinks of him.

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Top Saudi diplomat says Arab foreign ministers will visit China next week to begin a political process aimed at ending the war on Gaza and securing the immediate flow of humanitarian aid into the enclave.

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Current US military and diplomatic picks waiting to be confirmed: • Navy chief • Air Force chief • 5th Fleet commander + deputy • CENTCOM #2 commander + #2 policy chief • AFCENT #2 commander • Amb to Lebanon • Amb to Israel • Amb to Egypt • Amb to Kuwait • Amb to Oman

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Senior US officials ahead of tomorrow’s $700M aid package to #Ukraine : • Advanced rocket systems will be able to strike targets up to 48 miles away • Won’t encourage Ukraine to strike beyond its borders; Kyiv said they won’t • US won’t pressure Ukraine to cede territories

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Class act and response from US national team captain @tyler_adams14 to an Iranian reporter’s question evidently trying to accuse him and America of racism. #USAvIRN

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BREAKING: US military carried out an airstrike tonight targeting combatants in Iraq attempting to launch one-way attack uncrewed aerial systems (OWAUAS), US official tells @AlArabiya_Eng

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The Biden administration has imposed restrictions on Palestine’s foreign minister limiting his ability to engage with media or respond to questions, Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan tells reporters in Washington.

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NEW: #India reportedly pulls out of military deal with #Russia days after India’s foreign and defense ministers were in Washington.

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BREAKING: India reportedly cancels plans to buy 48 Mi-17 V5 helicopters from Russia

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As the #72hour deadline gets closer, the number of Lebanese protesters increases. This video is from Downtown Beirut just now #LebanonProtests

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My favorite video yet. This is from Tripoli, Lebanon’s second biggest city. #LebanonProtests #لبنان_ينتفض

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Biden’s special presidential envoy for climate shakes hands and shares a few words with #Venezuela ’s Maduro, who is charged by the US of corruption, narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.

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#BREAKING : The State Department approves the sale of 300 Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia in a deal worth $3.05B and another deal worth $2.25B to the UAE for 96 THAAD missile rounds.

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Pentagon deploys the following: • USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) • USS Normandy (CG 60) • USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), USS Ramage (DDG 61), USS Carney (DDG 64), and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) • US Air Force F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the Middle East

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BREAKING: The US military says a Turkish drone attack on a base used by Kurdish and American forces in #Syria did put #US troops in danger, as per CENTCOM statement to AFP.

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Pentagon announces $820M in additional security assistance for #Ukraine . New weapons include: • Ammo for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) • 2 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) • 4 additional counter-artillery radars and ammo

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NEW: The World Bank is pulling its staff from #Ukraine and suspending staff missions until further notice, according to Reuters.

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Saudi FM: “Israel doesn’t get to decide whether or not the Palestinians have a right to self determination… It is absolutely necessary that Israel accepts that it cannot exist without the existence of a Palestinian state.”

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NEW: The #US has reclassified WNBA star Brittney Griner as “wrongfully detained” by #Russia , meaning they’ll no longer wait for the legal system to play out and will seek to negotiate her return.

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New: Secretary Blinken is heading back to Saudi Arabia for the second time in 24 hours, reportedly to meet with MBS this time around.

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. @StateDeptSpox responds and says visa records are confidential, “but US immigration law does not include any provisions that prohibit individuals from speaking to the press, and we have imposed no restrictions that prohibit individuals from speaking to the press.”

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The Biden administration has imposed restrictions on Palestine’s foreign minister limiting his ability to engage with media or respond to questions, Saudi FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan tells reporters in Washington.

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In last 24 hours, Yemen’s Houthis: • Shot down American MQ-9 Reaper drone • Hit Greek-flagged, US-owned ship • One-way attack drone hit Marshall Islands-flagged, US-owned bulk carrier • 10 attack drones downed by US/allies • USS Laboon shot down anti-ship cruise missile

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#Qatar is officially designated as a major non-NATO ally of the US:

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The reported strike on Yemen’s Hodeidah a short while was not a US military strike, per American defense official.

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Biden, MBS and Modi shake hands after the US, India, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, Germany, Italy and the EU announced plans for a new India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.

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Worth noting that the State Department said today that #Ethiopia received #Iran ’s Mojaher-6 drones last summer, violating of UNSC Resolution 2231. @APDiploWriter pointed out that these same drones were used against civilians in Yemen and Syria w/no specific US condemnations.

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At 30 and healthy, @EnesFreedom says he can still play in the NBA for at least another six years. But basketball experts say his stance on #China is “very unacceptable,” making it nearly impossible to return to the league.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom asks US for sanctions on Turkey, Erdogan

“It is unacceptable that a foreign government can put a bounty on an American citizen’s head on US soil,” he said.

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The original was burned down by some fellas this morning. Hours later, a new one has gone up #LebanonProtests

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NEW: Top US intel official says Iranian government agents have provided financial support to some Americans taking part in pro-Palestine demonstrations across the country and “sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests.”

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US military stepping up its contingency plans for a response to Yemen’s Houthis in the near future, according to sources familiar with the matter. Washington’s multiple warnings have failed to put an end to attacks by the Iran-backed group in the Red Sea: @AlArabiya_Eng

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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister: “The Palestinians do not want to leave their land, and we are not going to encourage them or force them to leave their land. And we are not going to work with anyone who has that agenda.”

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The US judge at the International Court of Justice ( @CIJ_ICJ ), Sarah Cleveland, voted in favor of today’s order for Israel to halt its offensive on Gaza’s Rafah. Biden nominated Cleveland to be the State Department’s legal advisor in 2021, but she was never confirmed.

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#LebanonProtests in Tripoli once again tonight #لبنان_ينتفض

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4 years

Personal news: Excited to join @AlArabiya_Eng as their Washington correspondent

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Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu is reportedly among the hundreds of civilians trapped under rubble following the devastating #TurkeyEarthquake . Atsu scored the game winner for @Hatayspor_FK on Sunday.

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Praying for some positive news, @ChristianAtsu20 . 🙏🖤🤍

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Update on US personnel wounded in Iran-backed attack, per US defense official: Five US servicemembers and two US contractors were injured in the attack. Five are receiving care at Al-Assad Airbase, two evacuated for further care. All seven are in stable condition.

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NEW: The #US announces new sanctions against #China , including visa restrictions on officials, for repressing ethnic minority groups, dissidents and journalists.

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9 months

“The US government has imposed restrictions on his Excellency that do not allow him to respond to media questions or to engage with the media,” Saudi FM said, adding that there could be legal ramifications for the Palestinian diplomat if he spoke to media.

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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, who remains hospitalized, says today’s strikes targeted the Houthis’ UAV, uncrewed surface vessel, land-attack cruise missile, and costal radar and air surveillance capabilities.

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NEW: A senior US administration official says that Russian troops moving into the Donbass "would not itself be a new step." Additional sanctions will be announced tomorrow.

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The UAE has summoned the EU’s head of mission in the country over “racist” remarks by Josep Borrell last week that Europe was a garden and “most of the rest of the world a jungle.”

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Senior State Dept official on #Armenia - #Azerbaijan : • Shelling on sovereign Armenian territory “striking” • Must think about rights of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh • No indication 🇷🇺 efforts contributed in positive way to most recent ceasefire

Blinken offers condolences to Armenia’s PM after Azerbaijan shelling kills scores

The top US diplomat said diplomacy was the only way forward, pledging to remain personally engaged.

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7/10: Cautiously optimistic on Gaza ceasefire deal, per John Kirby 7/19: Talks inside 10-yard line, per Blinken 7/24: In closing stages, per SAO 8/7: As close as it’s ever been, per Kirby 8/17: Closer than ever before, per Biden 8/20: Deal on brink of collapsing, per US officials

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“48 minutes ago, your President launched a war on #Ukraine ,” Kyiv’s ambassador to the UN tells his Russian counterpart at an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

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#BREAKING : US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook tells NYT that he will resign from his post. Elliot Abrams is set to take over

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BREAKING: US President Joe Biden’s trip to Amman has been canceled and the four-way summit between the US, Palestine, Egypt and Jordan has been scrapped, according to the Jordanian FM.

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وزير الخارجية الأردني: إلغاء زيارة بايدن إلى عمّان والقمة المرتقبة غدا #العربية_عاجل

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A US military aircraft conducting training operations in the eastern Mediterranean suffered a mishap and crashed last night, according to @US_EUCOM . “We can definitively say that the aircraft sortie was purely related to training and there are no indications of hostile activity.”

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US officials leaking intel to reporters about an imminent large-scale escalation between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israel, but Washington has so far not elevated its travel advisory for Beirut. US ships and Marines have moved to Mediterranean to prepare for potential evacuations.

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Officials and sources familiar with US intelligence now believe Iran will retaliate against Israel late week/early weekend, waiting until after the Wednesday meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

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Top lawmaker on @SFRCdems Bob Menendez and Senator Marco Rubio introduce a bipartisan resolution calling on the Biden administration to halt US military aid to #Azerbaijan after its latest attack on #Armenia .

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#UAE president's diplomatic adviser says Abu Dhabi doesn’t support a regional alliance to confront #Iran , adding that UAE is preparing to send an ambassador to Tehran (Reuters). This comes as #US says it’s working to integrate Middle East air defense systems in the face of Iran.

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Lebanese-Armenians marched along a main highway from Burj Hammoud to Antelias yesterday to commemorate the victims of the #ArmenianGenocide

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NEW: State Department’s Arabic language spox has resigned because of the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. Hala Rharrit was the Dubai Regional Media Hub’s deputy director and joined the Foreign Service in 2006 as a political officer. W/ @nadia_bilbassy :

State Department spokeswoman resigns in protest of Biden’s Gaza policy

The Arabic language spokeswoman for the State Department has resigned from her post due to her

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US has resumed unarmed UAV flights over Gaza in support of hostage recovery efforts: Pentagon

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BREAKING: #SaudiArabia has asked #Lebanon 's ambassador to leave the country and recalled its envoy to Beirut. Riyadh has also ordered the immediate halt to all Lebanese imports.

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White House says there have been force posture changes to US military assets in the Middle East after the Iranian threats to retaliate against Israel, but no other details provided

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“Some of our Western interlocutors are saying things in public that they are not saying in private,” Saudi FM tells @nickschifrin , batting down allegations that the Saudis have different messaging in private than they do in public.

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Priest in Australia rips into #Lebanon rulers. “Teach your children about Fairuz and Gebran Khalil Gebran ... Don’t teach them abt the corrupt political leaders. Don’t teach them about Aoun, Geagea, Gemayel, Frangieh, Mouawad or Chamoun or their silly signs or pathetic colors.”

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NEW: Pentagon says the US is seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. “We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” @PentagonPresSec says.

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NEW: Top US military general says the US is “going to respond appropriately, at a time and place of our choosing” to the attacks on American troops in Iraq this week, which were attributed to Iran-backed militias

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American Airlines is suspending flights from the US to Tel Aviv through March 29. Delta has extended its suspension to Sept. 30, and United has suspended those flights indefinitely.

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Iran-backed Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile at a US warship today and was shot down off the coast of Yemen’s Hodeidah by American fighter jet: CENTCOM

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BREAKING: Lebanon’s central bank gov. says the country is “days away” from economic collapse

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A friend sent this video to me of Lebanese, Saudi and Argentinian fans dancing to a classic Lebanese song at the #FIFAWorldCup in Qatar.

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Eugene Goodman, the #US Capitol Police Officer who fought back against Trump supporters on January 6. Today he will be escorting VP-elect Kamala Harris and has a new title: Acting Deputy Sergeant at Arms #InaugurationDay

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And now #Germany ’s navy chief says that Crimea will never return to #Ukraine and that #Russia 's Vladimir Putin deserves respect. The German govt has said this was his personal stance and the military official has apologized.

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BREAKING: The Pentagon says it has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon currently over the continental United States right now. Senior defense official says they believe it is Chinese.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has left Jordan and canceled his meeting with US President Joe Biden tomorrow in Amman following the reported Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza.

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This will be the first of several capitals that the officials will visit as was mentioned by the Saudi foreign minister.

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Senior US defense official says there are “Iranian fingerprints all over” recent uptick in attacks on American troops in the Middle East

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BREAKING: #US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart for the first time since Feb. 18 today, the Pentagon says. "Secretary Austin urged an immediate ceasefire in #Ukraine and emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication."

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No US or coalition strikes today in Yemen, per American defense official

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US officials say they have no information to corroborate this and the top US diplomat said today that he hasn’t yet seen any direct Iranian involvement in the attacks

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#BREAKING : Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah”- WSJ

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#Armenia and #Turkey have agreed to appoint special envoys for normalizing ties, Ankara's top diplomat says. The Turkish FM also says that charter flights will resume between Yerevan and Istanbul.

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BREAKING: The US and Saudi Arabia carried out a joint operation in January to rescue two American citizens captured by the Iran-backed Houthis, as per Reuters.

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NEW: The top US military general made an unannounced visit to Syria today to assess the mission there to combat ISIS and to review safeguards for US troops against attack.

Syria mission worth the risk, top U.S. general says after rare visit

The nearly eight-year-old U.S. deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top U.S. military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in...

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New: The flow of additional US military assets closer to Iran has “gotten into the headspace” of Tehran as it calculates a response to Israel, the Pentagon says.

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NEW: The US concludes that Israeli gunfire was responsible for the killing of Palestinian-American journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh , but says the bullet “was badly damaged, which prevented a clear conclusion.”

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BREAKING: Lebanon has caught up to other airports around the world. A normal check-in and departure process, at last!

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. @HouseForeignGOP Michael McCaul calls out Biden admin. for failing to take “sufficient action” to curb the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia, Ethiopia, Syria and “a host of malign terrorist proxies.”

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BREAKING: US official tells @AlArabiya_Eng the missile that killed several in Majdal Shams was undoubtedly from Hezbollah. It’s unclear if it was a mistake, but assessed to have been launched by the group.

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“Many wealthy NATO members have chronically shortchanged their own militaries and relied on other members of the alliance, particularly the United States, to make the investments necessary to achieve collective defense,” a group of 22 Republican Senators tell the Pentagon chief.

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NEW: US defense official now says Houthi attack forced the crew to drop anchor, which dragged along the seafloor and likely cut undersea cables that provide internet and telecoms service around the world. Ongoing Houthi attacks have hindered attempts to repair cables.

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A #US official tells Al Arabiya English that underwater internet cables in the Red Sea were likely damaged as a result of a ship that sank after #Yemen ’s Houthis attacked it.

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Currently in #Beirut : • US Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale • French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly • Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif • UK ships at the Port of Beirut

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NEW: White House says that #Germany will provide #Ukraine with an additional Patriot battery and Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles. US will supply Kyiv w/Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

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NEW: US military posture increases intended to serve as deterrent signal to Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and any other proxy in the region. “Those adversaries should think twice,” senior Pentagon official says.

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“At every juncture, Netanyahu has given Biden the finger,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen, who has been in close contact with US officials about the Gaza war.

Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days

"The situation sucks and we are stuck," one U.S. official said.

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Top Saudi diplomat: “If the international community cannot hold Israel to account, then this will sow significant doubts among many of us as to whether or not the parameters of the established international order are actually functional and working.”

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NEW: State Department approves sale of the following to #Taiwan : 60 Harpoon Block II missiles and 4 Harpoon Block II exercise missiles ($355M); 100 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder tactical missiles ($85M); and Contractor Logistics Support for the Surveillance Radar Program ($665M).

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#BREAKING : A US court of appeals determined this week that cases against Lebanese commercial banks can be tried outside #Lebanon , as per a decision seen by Reuters.

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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin spoke to his Israeli counterpart today about Israel's response to the Houthi attack on Tel Aviv. “Secretary Austin acknowledged Israel’s action followed months of Houthi attacks against the State of Israel,” per @PentagonPresSec

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BREAKING: #US President Joe Biden shares the assessment that the IRGC-Quds Force is a terrorist group, a State Department official says.

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NEW: US military helped Israel track Hezbollah’s rockets and drones overnight, US official tells @AlArabiya_Eng . Official adds that US played no role in Israeli strikes

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The US is preparing for potential escalation in the Middle East, including against its forces, after Israel assassinated two top Hezbollah and Hamas officials in Beirut and Tehran. But no new orders have been given for evacuations or other potential moves, US officials say.

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NEW: US dismantles and permanently ends use of temporary Gaza pier and transitions to a port in Israel’s Ashdod for aid to Palestinians coming from Cyprus

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Some personal news: My time at @DailyStarLeb has come to an end. I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to call it home for nearly four years.

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US Embassy in Beirut has sent email encouraging US citizens traveling to or from Lebanon to monitor their flight status closely, to be aware that itineraries could change with little or no warning, and to make alternate plans:

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NEW: #US President Joe Biden says he will notify Congress of his intention to designate #Qatar as a "major non-NATO ally."

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NEW: #US , Saudi Arabia, UAE and UK release a joint statement calling for the full and immediate restoration of #Sudan 's civilian-led transitional government and institutions. Noticeably absent is #Egypt , which reportedly hosted Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hours before the coup.

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Just received the sad news that @DailyStarLeb has officially closed its doors. Despite financial struggles throughout the years, that place was a school for me and many others in this field of work.

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