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Tripoli Clashes Widen Overnight in Worst Fighting This Year

Reuters

The Libyan capital's most powerful armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city's worst violence this year, raising fears of a wider escalation.

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Israeli West Bank Raid Kills 2 Palestinians

By Tia Goldenberg | Associated Press

Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, the latest violence to shake the region.

Riyadh Appoints Envoy to Palestinians Amid Push for Saudi-Israeli Ties

By Patrick Kingsley | The New York Times

Saudi Arabia has appointed its first envoy to the Palestinian administration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a move widely seen as linked to efforts led by the United States to forge diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

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U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds

By Farnaz Fassihi and Michael D. Shear | The New York Times

The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to win the freedom of five imprisoned Americans in exchange for several jailed Iranians and eventual access to about $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue, according to several people familiar with the deal.

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