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President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered an investigation of the incident and sent to the site his interior minister, who said efforts were continuing to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other areas, read the report. A huge blast probably caused by the explosion of chemical materials killed at …

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“The Muslim Brotherhood and all its activities are banned.” With that declaration, Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Farayya broke with decades of restraint toward the influential Islamist movement. The April 23 announcement came just days after authorities arrested 16 operatives accused of building rockets and drones, stockpiling weapons, and recruiting terrorists …

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Jordan has announced a complete ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, saying it would close the group’s offices and punish any discussion of it Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s most vocal opposition group, on Wednesday and confiscated its assets, Interior Minister Mazen Fraya announced. The ban comes eight days …

Analysis: After Israel’s strikes last year and amid heightened tensions with the US, do Iran’s air defence capabilities still pack a punch? Amid heightened tensions with the United States, Iran has sought to emphasise the effectiveness of its air defences, which Israel hit with deadly airstrikes in October. Whether this …

Mahmoud Abbas called Hamas ‘sons of dogs’ saying that they were giving Israel excuses to continue the brutal war on Gaza Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas slammed Hamas on Wednesday, demanding the group relinquish control over Gaza, fully disarm, and free Israeli captives held in the enclave. The comments were …

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Iranian Majles member Mohammad-Reza Sabbaghian said in a Majles session that the solution to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Trump is to build nuclear weapons. He said that Iran must “stand strong against the bully.” He posted a video of his speech on his Instagram account on April …