TEHRAN -- Iran and Lebanon have agreed to establish a "conflict control unit" involving the United States to monitor the implementation of a recently signed Iran-U.S. peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding Lebanon, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday.
Ghalibaf, in a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri, said the unit was decided after Iran's negotiating team highlighted violations by other parties during recent U.S.-Iran negotiations in Switzerland, according to Iran's ICANA news agency. (Iran-Lebanon-Israeli Withdrawal)
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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army detonated a tunnel in the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Zoun on Sunday, with the blast heard across wide areas, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
According to a joint statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the underground tunnel destroyed on Sunday night measured more than 200 meters long and over 25 meters deep, and contained hundreds of weapons and several launch shafts allegedly intended to strike Israeli territory. (Lebanon-Israel-Tunnel detonation)
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RIYADH -- A helicopter belonging to Saudi Aramco has crashed, killing all 14 people on board, the Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday, citing the country's Energy Ministry.
The helicopter crashed in the country's eastern coastal city of Ras Tanura, the ministry said, adding the deaths were all Saudi citizens. (Saudi Arabia-Helicopter Crash-Deaths)
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GAZA -- Gaza-based health authorities said the medical evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, scheduled on Sunday, was canceled due to the lack of Israeli security clearances.
In a brief press statement, the authorities said only a limited number of Palestinian patients are being permitted to exit, with security clearance delays stretching for months. (Gaza-Medical Evacuation-Rafah Crossing) Enditem
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