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Israeli Jets Bomb Gaza After Rocket Fire Clouds Peace Deal Signing

Israel bombed Gaza on Wednesday morning after militants fired rockets through the night, overshadowing the signing of landmark normalization deals with the UAE and Bahrain.

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Trump Says He Has ‘No Problem’ Selling UAE Advanced F-35 Planes

Trump said Tuesday he would have "no problem" selling advanced F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates, despite objections from close ally Israel.

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Wars and Peace: Israeli Ties With the Arab World

Israel, which on Tuesday is set to sign accords to normalize ties with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, has had a turbulent history with the Arab world, including eight wars.

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Is the Israeli-UAE Deal a Blueprint for Lasting Peace in the Middle East?

Other than helping Trump’s re-election bid and distracting from Netanyahu’s corruption charges it is unclear how the Israeli-UAE deal is a blueprint for peace in the Middle East.

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Yemeni Separatists Abandon Self-Rule, Push Peace Deal

Yemeni separatists abandoned their declaration of self-rule in the south on Wednesday and pledged to implement a stalled Saudi-brokered peace deal, mending a rift between allies in the war against Houthi rebels.

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UAE Still a Top Client as French Arms Sales Fall

French arms sales dropped nearly 8.6 percent last year to 8.3 billion euros ($9.3 billion) from 2018, with the United Arab Emirates — a key player in the Yemen conflict — still a leading client, a government report said Tuesday. France is regularly criticized by rights groups for arms sales to clients such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which are embroiled in a long campaign against Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen that has claimed tens of thousands of civilian lives. A report presented to the French parliament Tuesday showed orders from Europe had grown to 3.47 billion euros — 45 percent of the total, up from a mere quarter the previous year. Belgium accounted for 1.8 million euros in sales. Middle Eastern clients represented about 30 percent last year with 2.15 billion euros in sales — down from almost 50 percent in 2018 — headed by the UAE with 1.5 billion euros and Saudi Arabia with 208.9 million euros. The numbers, “achieved in a context of particularly fierce competition confirming America’s supremacy and the emergence of new major exporters, particularly China … consolidates France’s place in the top five of global exporters,” said the report. In terms of deliveries, 2019 …

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels reject ceasefire with Saudi-led coalition

Yemen's Houthi rebels rejected a ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led coalition against the northern faction, accusing Riyadh of violations

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Saudi-led coalition declares Yemen ceasefire due to coronavirus

The Saudi-led coalition against Yemen's Houthi rebels declared a two-week ceasefire to slow the spread of coronavirus

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France declares Strait of Hormuz military mission fully operational

France declared the military component to its EMASOH maritime patrol mission in the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully operational

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US links Saudi Aramco attack to Iran weapons ships seized off Yemen

Iran-made weapons components seized off Yemen's coast resemble those found at the site of an attack on Saudi oil facilities, the US said

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