TEHRAN -- Iranian and Iraqi officials have discussed boosting cooperation on security issues, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.

Iran is ready to expand security and military cooperation with neighboring Iraq, Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi said in a meeting with newly-appointed Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji on Monday. (Iran-Iraq-Cooperation)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday stressed that his country is committed to talks to reach a deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River.

"We are keen to solve the issue of the Ethiopian dam via negotiations instead of a military option," Sisi said in televised comments made at the opening of a new industrial city in Rubiky, on the road between Cairo and Suez. (Egypt-Nile-Dam)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israel-Lebanon border on Tuesday, a day after a military escalation in the region.

The Israeli prime minister's office said he held a security assessment and briefing with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Aviv Kohavi and other senior officials at the military's Northern Command Headquarters. (Israel-Lebanon-Tension)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday launched a large-scale military exercise in southern Iran, Tasnim news agency reported.

The war game, codenamed Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet 14), was conducted in the southern province of Hormozgan, western parts of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf, the IRGC statement was cited as reading. (Iran-Military Drill) Enditem

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