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The announcement came as Netanyahu's deadline to form a new government expired. The prime minister was unable to reach an agreement with Naftali Bennett, chairman of the right-wing party Yamina.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to facilitate peace talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Tehran is still at odds with Washington over the introduction of sanctions in 2018. The two countries are in the process of resolving mutual claims, but these efforts by the Biden administration do not sit well with some American lawmakers.
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The deadline for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government expired on Wednesday at midnight (21:00 GMT Tuesday), as the politician failed to reach an agreement with the chairman of the right-wing party Yamina, Naftali Bennett.
State-run Syrian news agency SANA reported on Wednesday that explosions were heard on the coast, near the cities of Latakia and Tartous.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the Syrian capital of Damascus and met with President Bashar Assad, the UK-based Arab newspaper Rai Al-Youm reported on Tuesday, citing senior diplomatic sources in Damascus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to form a government coalition three times in the past two years. Now, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has three days to decide the fate of the mandate to form the government.
KABUL (Sputnik), Rahimullah Khogyany - Afghan government forces carried out an airstrike on a Taliban* convoy in the northern Faryab province, reportedly killing 10 militants, including senior members of the movement, the defense ministry said in a statement to Sputnik on Tuesday.
The creators of the show claimed they wanted to send out a message about how Iraqi security forces and militia shed their blood to drive the terrorist group out of the country and that the displaced people are able to come home now.
On Monday, another base in Iraq where US military personnel are stationed was targeted by a rocket attack, which resulted in no casualties or damage.
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday arresting several persons and confiscating a vehicle suspected of involvement in the West Bank shooting over the weekend.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco on Tuesday announced gaining $21.7 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2021, a 30 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
At midnight, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will need to declare that he either managed to form a government or admit defeat, for a fourth time in two years. If he fails to fulfill the mandate, it will most likely be given to another contender, who will have 28 days to forge a coalition.
By the end of 2017, Iraqi territories were cleared of the Daesh* terrorist organization, responsible for cruel hostilities that swept the Middle East in the past decade, but the US-led military coalition continues operating in the country under the pretext of assisting local forces to eliminate remaining terrorist cells.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Balad Air Base in Iraq has been targeted by a rocket attack on Monday, a spokesperson for the US-led coalition told Sputnik on Monday.
Reports that British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe would be released from prison in Iran in return for the British government repaying hundreds of millions owed for a never-honoured arms deal were dismissed by both governments on Sunday.
In the past, the think tank published texts criticising the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and its alleged impact on Tehran's missile programme and purported engagement in malign activities.
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iranian Foreign Minister Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh on Monday rejected media reports about an alleged prisoner exchange agreement between Tehran and Washington.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says there will still be US presence in Afghanistan after the pullout of American forces is completed.
US forces and assets stationed in Iraq often come under attack, with the most frequent target being the US embassy in the Green Zone, an area of central Baghdad that is the site of numerous government and diplomatic buildings.