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Texas A&M to Close Qatar Campus

Texas A&M University announced on February 8 that it will close its campus in Qatar by 2028. “The Board has decided that the core mission of Texas A&M should be advanced primarily within Texas and the United States,” the chairman of the university’s Board of Regents stated. The Board also …

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Israel Wounds Hezbollah Commander in Drone Strike

Latest Developments An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon on February 8 seriously wounded a Hezbollah commander identified as Abbas al-Debes. A second senior member, identified as Ali Karaki, escaped before Israel struck the vehicle, according to a Sky News Arabic report. The Israeli strike came in response to an anti-tank …

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US response to Tower 22 attack in Jordan: Less intense, more restrained than anticipated

On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 3, local time, US warplanes bombed facilities used by Iranian forces and Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for the death of 3 US service members in a Jan. 28 drone attack on Tower 22, a US military base in northeastern Jordan …

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