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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Paul Wallace |Galit Altstein
(Bloomberg) -- As Iran fires masses of ballistic missiles, Israel’s vaunted air defenses are being tested like never before. Iran launched around 200 such missiles at Israel on Friday night — in retaliation for a wave of Israeli strikes that day — and 70 or so on Saturday evening, according to the Israel Defense Forces. More came on Sunday and Monday. In total, Tehran’s sent 370 ballistic missiles toward Israel, with around 30 hitting targets in the country, the Israeli government says.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Paul Wallace |Galit Altstein
1 day agoThere was nothing preemptive about the Israeli assault on Iranian military and civilian infrastructure and officials. As the Israeli-Iranian confrontation enters its third day, casualties on both sides are mounting. At least 80 people have been killed in Iran and at least 10 in Israel. Despite the …
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1 week ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Paul Wallace |Galit Altstein
(Bloomberg) -- As Iran fires masses of ballistic missiles, Israel’s vaunted air defenses are being tested like never before.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Paul Wallace |Beril Akman |Zainab Fattah |Joumanna Bercetche
Donald Trump Jr. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump Jr. hinted that he may run for political office and try to succeed his father as US president. “I don’t know, maybe one day,” Donald Trump’s eldest son said on Wednesday at the Qatar Economic Forum when asked if he would consider running for office.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Fiona MacDonald |Paul Wallace |Joumanna Bercetche
Catar defendió su decisión de regalar un avión jumbo Boeing Co. 747 a Estados Unidos como una transacción rutinaria entre socios, calificando las críticas al acuerdo como una visión errónea del país como un Estado árabe que intenta ganar influencia política.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Fiona MacDonald |Paul Wallace |Joumanna Bercetche
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, on May 20. (Bloomberg) -- Qatar defended its decision to gift a Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jet to the US as a routine transaction between partners, calling criticism of the deal a misguided view of the country as an Arab state trying to gain political influence.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Paul Wallace |Joumanna Bercetche |Zainab Fattah
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on May 20. (Bloomberg) -- Qatar, a key mediator on ending the war in Gaza, criticized Israel’s latest offensive against Hamas, saying it would prolong the conflict and worsen the humanitarian situation for Palestinians. Israel’s decision to step up attacks “obliterates any possible opportunity for peace,” Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said at the Qatar Economic Forum.
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1 month ago | 
kdhnews.com | Paul Wallace |Sam Dagher
By Paul Wallace and Sam Dagher - Bloomberg News (TNS) President Donald Trump said he'll lift U.S. sanctions against Syria following the toppling of former President Bashar Assad, a boost to the war-ravaged country's ambitions of rejoining the international community. "I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness," Trump said in an address to a Saudi-U.S. investment summit in Riyadh on Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Paul Wallace |Sam Dagher
President Donald Trump said he’ll lift U.S. sanctions against Syria following the toppling of former President Bashar Assad, a boost to the war-ravaged country’s ambitions of rejoining the international community. “I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” Trump said in an address to a Saudi-U.S. investment summit in Riyadh on Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Paul Wallace
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, se reunirá brevemente con el nuevo líder de Siria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, en Arabia Saudita el miércoles, según un funcionario de la Casa Blanca. El encuentro dará un importante impulso a al-Sharaa, cuyo grupo derrocó al régimen de Bashar al-Assad en diciembre. El nuevo líder es un antiguo comandante de Al Qaeda que intenta que EE.UU. y la Unión Europea suavicen las sanciones impuestas al país devastado por la guerra.
