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Israeli Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) political alliance leader and retired Israeli General Benny Gantz addresses the crowds during a rally to mark the 24nd anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, in this Nov. 2, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Israel's Gantz races to form government
JERUSALEM — After weeks of talks over a new Israeli government have gone around in circles, Benjamin Netanyahu's rival Benny Gantz had just two days left Monday to form a coalition and become prime minister.Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party and Gantz's centrist Blue and White coalition achieved near parity in September's repeat elections, but even with allied parties both fell short of the 61 seats needed to form a majority in parliament.Netanyahu was first given 28 days to form a coalition government but failed, so President Reuven Rivlin granted Gantz a similar time-frame.It is due to expire at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, and the former army chief has been engaged in a negotiation blitz in a bid to avoid a third general election in a year.Polls in April also led to a...
November 18, 2019

Israel's Gantz races to form government

Iraqi protesters are seen in this file photo. — AFP
Iran spy agency leaks reveal 'vast' sway in protest-hit Iraq
BAGHDAD — Reports on Monday on a trove of leaked Iranian intelligence documents drove home the depth of its influence in Iraq, where anti-government protesters have accused Tehran of meddling and overreach.The New York Times and online publication The Intercept reported that the hundreds of documents from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security painted a rich picture of Iran's clout in Iraq.Among the revelations, they said, was how Iran had recruited former CIA informants after the United States pulled out its troops in 2011, leaving the assets "jobless and destitute" and ready to share their knowledge.And in one meeting between military intelligence officers from both countries, the Iraqi side had reportedly signaled to Iran: "All of the Iraqi Army's...
November 18, 2019

Iran spy agency leaks reveal 'vast' sway in protest-hit Iraq

An Iranian man checks a scorched gas station that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in Eslamshahr, near the Iranian capital of Tehran, on Sunday. — AFP
Germany urges Iran to respect 'legitimate' protests
BERLIN — Berlin on Monday urged Iran to respect the "legitimate" protests against a petrol price hike and open talks with the demonstrators."It is legitimate and deserving of our respect when people courageously air their economic and political grievances, as is currently happening in Iran," said Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer."The Iranian government should respond to the current protests with a willingness to engage in dialogue," she told a regular press conference, adding that Germany was following the events "with concern"."We urge the government in Tehran to respect freedom of assembly and expression."The French foreign ministry separately said it was "closely following" the events in Iran.France...
November 18, 2019

Germany urges Iran to respect 'legitimate' protests

Iraqi demonstrators gather in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir square during ongoing anti-government demonstrations on Monday. — AFP
Washington silent as US-crafted regime under fire in Iraq
BAGHDAD — It posted tens of thousands of troops in Iraq, huddled with its leaders and helped craft its laws — but with the country swamped by deadly protests, Washington is staying out of the fray.Its apparent absence during a key turning point in Iraq lays bare how much its interests and influence have waned since the 2003 US-led invasion that opened the door to fellow Shiite-majority neighbor Iran."The (US-Iraq) gulf has never been so big, and keeps getting bigger," a senior Iraqi official said on condition of anonymity.After the invasion, the US effectively dismantled and rebuilt the Iraqi state, ushering in a new class of political elites with whom it crafted close personal links.It trained a new military, deploying more than 170,000 troops to Iraq at its peak before...
November 18, 2019

Washington silent as US-crafted regime under fire in Iraq

Iraqi protesters march along an avenue near the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square during ongoing anti-government demonstrations on Sunday. -AFP
Iraqis seal bridges, roads as protests pick up pace
BAGHDAD - Striking Iraqis sealed off key bridges and avenues in Baghdad and across the south Sunday, boosting a weeks-long street movement that is demanding a government overhaul.Sit-ins have become the go-to tactic for rallies that erupted in early October in fury over corruption, a lack of jobs and an out-of-touch political class.They have resisted efforts by security forces to snuff the gatherings out and on Sunday, thousands came out across the country after activists called for a general strike.In the southern hotspots of Kut, Najaf and Diwaniyah schools and government offices were shut as swelling crowds hit the streets.Protesters burned tires to block roads in the oil-rich port city of Basra and outside Nasiriyah, prompting security forces to send reinforcements.In Hillah, south of...
November 18, 2019

Iraqis seal bridges, roads as protests pick up pace

A street vendor sells roses and Lebanese flags to anti-government protesters during a demonstration in downtown Beirut on Sunday. -AFP
Lebanon protests enter second month as demonstrators dig in
BEIRUT - Thousands of Lebanese took to the streets Sunday, as an unprecedented protest movement against the ruling elite entered its second month with the country in the grip of political and economic turmoil.The leaderless pan-sectarian movement has swept the Mediterranean country since October 17, prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's government.Demonstrators are demanding a complete overhaul of the political class and for a new government of technocrats not affiliated with traditional parties.Protesters have decried everything from unemployment to chronic power cuts and say they are fed up with the same families dominating government institutions since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war.No date has been set for parliamentary consultations required to pave the way...
November 18, 2019

Lebanon protests enter second month as demonstrators dig in

Iranian protesters block a road during a demonstration against an increase in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan, on Saturday. — AFP
Net crisis as fuel showdown simmers in Tehran
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani warned Sunday that riot-hit Iran could not allow "insecurity" after two days of unrest killed two people and saw authorities arrest dozens and restrict Internet access."Protesting is the people's right, but protesting is different from rioting. We should not allow insecurity in the society," he said.Rouhani defended the controversial petrol price hike that triggered the protests — a project which the government says will finance social welfare spending amid a sharp economic downturn.The unrest erupted on Friday, hours after it was announced the price of petrol would rise to 15,000 rials per liter (12 US cents) from 10,000 for the first 60 liters, and to 30,000 rials for any extra fuel bought after that each month.It is a rise...
November 17, 2019

Net crisis as fuel showdown simmers in Tehran

In this file photo taken on June 7, 2009, a woman walks past an election campaign poster of then economy and trade minister Mohammed Safadi in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. — AFP
Lebanon tycoon forgoes PM job under protest pressure
BEIRUT — Lebanon's former finance minister has backed down from becoming the protest-hit country's new prime minister, after reports of his nomination sparked ire among demonstrators railing against the ruling elite.Wealthy 75-year-old businessman Mohammed Safadi said Saturday it would be difficult to form a "harmonious" government in the country rocked by a month of unprecedented nationwide protests demanding radical reform.The tycoon said in a statement that he hoped outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri, who resigned on Oct. 29 under pressure from the street, would be reinstated.Protesters, who see Safadi as emblematic of a corrupt and incompetent establishment, had reacted angrily on Friday to media reports that key political players had chosen him for the top...
November 17, 2019

Lebanon tycoon forgoes PM job under protest pressure

This picture taken on November 11, 2019 shows a view of an agricultural field worked by Othman Cheikh Idriss, a 60-year-old Sudanese farmer, in the capital Khartoum's district of Jureif Gharb. -AFP
Sudanese hope Ethiopian dam ends Blue Nile floods
JUREF GHARB, SUDAN - The Blue Nile is a renegade river, according to Sudanese farmer Osman Idris, its unpredictable flooding swallows crops and houses as it crashes through Sudan from Ethiopia on its way to Egypt."Tonight, the level of water will be low," said Idris, a resident of Juref Gharb, a small village on the bank of the Blue Nile outside Khartoum."Tomorrow, it will swallow all the houses... It's a renegade river, it rises so fast," said the 60-year-old, dressed in a traditional Sudanese robe.For Idris, Ethiopa's construction of a controversial dam on the Blue Nile is a dream come true, as it promises to regulate the floods that inundate Sudan every rainy season.This year alone, flash flooding has killed more than 60 and injured dozens in Sudan.The Blue...
November 17, 2019

Sudanese hope Ethiopian dam ends Blue Nile floods

A Lebanese anti-government protester waves the national flag as she prepares to head to the south of Lebanon on a 'revolution' bus from central Beirut on Saturday. -AFP
US embassy in Lebanon 'supports' peaceful protests
BEIRUT - The US embassy in Lebanon said on Saturday it supported the one-month-old anti-government protest movement in Lebanon."We support the Lebanese people in their peaceful demonstrations and expressions of national unity," the embassy said on Twitter.Lebanon has since October 17 been swept by an unprecedented cross-sectarian protest movement against the entire political establishment, which is widely seen as irretrievably corrupt and unable to deal with a deepening economic crisis.The government stepped down on October 29 but stayed on in a caretaker capacity, and an economic crisis has also battered the country.Some local players, notably the powerful pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah, have accused "external parties" and Western embassies of supporting the...
November 17, 2019

US embassy in Lebanon 'supports' peaceful protests

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