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Saudi and Kuwait claim gas field eyed by Iran

Saudi Arabia has said it enjoys "full rights" along with Kuwait to a disputed gas field in the resource-rich Gulf, pushing back against claims by Iran, state media reported late Tuesday.

The field, known as Arash in Iran and Dorra in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, falls under "joint ownership between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait, and they alone have full rights", the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a foreign ministry source.

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Car ramming 'attack' injures 7 in Tel Aviv

A suspected car ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv injured seven people Tuesday before the suspect was "neutralized", police and medics said, on the second day of a major Israeli army operation in the occupied West Bank.

Police said they received a report about "a car that attacked a number of civilians" in north Tel Aviv and that the "terrorist has been neutralized".

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Egypt, Turkey appoint ambassadors for first time in decade

Egypt and Turkey said Tuesday they had appointed ambassadors to each others' countries for the first time in a decade, in the latest sign of warming ties.

Cairo and Ankara both issued statements announcing "the upgrading of diplomatic relations between them to the level of ambassadors".

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A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians: Is this an uprising?

Airstrikes targeting Palestinian militants in a crowded residential area. Armored bulldozers plowing through narrow streets, crushing cars and piling up debris. Protesters burning tires. A mounting death toll.

Israel's large-scale military raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday had undeniable similarities with the second Palestinian uprising of the early 2000s — a period that claimed thousands of lives.

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Israelis protest at international airport against judicial overhaul plan

Thousands of Israelis have blocked traffic and snarled movement at the country's main international airport, the latest mass demonstration over Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation.

The Netanyahu government's push to pass several overlapping reforms to the country's judiciary has plunged Israel into an unprecedented crisis and divided an already highly polarized country.

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Jordan FM calls for investment into war-torn Syria to speed up refugee returns

Jordan's foreign minister has called for international investment into conflict-ravaged Syria's crippled infrastructure to speed up refugee returns.

Ayman Safadi made the remarks during a visit to the capital Damascus, where he met with Syrian President Bashar Assad and his counterpart, Faisal Mekdad.

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Israel in 2nd day of major raid that kills 10 in West Bank

Israel's biggest military operation for years in the occupied West Bank continued for a second day Tuesday, leaving at least 10 Palestinians dead and forcing thousands to flee their homes as the government said it struck "with great strength" the militant stronghold.

The raid, launched under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government, targeted the northern city of Jenin and employed armored vehicles, army bulldozers and drone strikes.

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Hamas lets Gaza residents pose with weapons for first time

The armed wing of Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas has put its weapons on public display, in a first open event drawing hundreds of Palestinians including children brandishing rocket launchers for selfies.

Dressed in black balaclavas and tactical camouflage suits, members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades mingled with young men and women at the exhibition in Gaza City's Unknown Soldier's Square.

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Israel to buy more F-35 fighter jets from US

Israel will buy 25 F-35 aircraft from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry has announced, in a deal that increases Israel's arsenal of the stealth fighter jets by 50%.

The F-35 is the world's most advanced fighter jet, and Israel is the only country in the Middle East to fly them. The $3 billion purchase, which increases the Israeli fleet of F-35 jets from 50 to 75, is set to be finalized in the coming months, the ministry said.

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Saudi summons Swedish ambassador over Koran burning

Saudi Arabia has summoned Sweden's ambassador to denounce a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked a diplomatic backlash across the Muslim world, state media reported early Monday.

The kingdom -- home to the holiest sites in Islam, in Mecca and Medina -- had already condemned Wednesday's incident in which an Iraqi citizen living in Sweden, Salwan Momika, 37, stomped on the Muslim holy book and set several pages alight.

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