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Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 14

Xinhua
| April 15, 2026
2026-04-15

ANKARA -- At least 16 people, mostly students, were injured in a school shooting in southeast Türkiye on Tuesday as a former student entered with a shotgun and opened fire randomly before committing suicide, local media reported.

The incident occurred in the morning at the Ahmet Koyuncu Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in the Siverek district in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa. (Türkiye-School shooting-Casualty)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on Tuesday that his country is keen to achieve peace and normalization with Lebanon during direct negotiations set to begin later that day in Washington.

Sa'ar made the remarks at a press conference in Jerusalem alongside visiting Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka. (Israel-Lebanon-Negotiation)

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TEHRAN -- At least two ships from Iranian ports transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday despite a U.S. blockade, maritime data firm Kpler reported on Tuesday.

Kpler identified one of the ships as the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Christianna that crossed the strategic waterway after unloading 74,000 tons of corn at Iran's Bandar Imam Khomeini port, passing Iran's Larak Island at around 1600 GMT on Monday, two hours after the U.S. blockade took effect. (Iran-Strait of Hormuz-U.S. blockade)

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TRIPOLI -- Forces from Libya's eastern and western-based administrations took part in U.S. Special Operations Forces training activities in the central Libyan city of Sirte on Tuesday, marking the first such joint exercise for the rival sides in years.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdul Salam Al-Zoubi appeared alongside Saddam Haftar, Deputy Commander of the "General Command" of the Libyan National Army (LNA), while overseeing preparations for the exercise in Sirte, in the presence of local and international military personnel, local media reported. (Libya-U.S.-Military exercise) Enditem

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