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Reporter Wall Street Journal Co-author of "Un Cartel Nommé Daech" ("A Cartel Named Daech"), Edi8, with @clementfayol
Joined November 2009
In the interview, Hamas’s Badran said the Board of Peace should deal with reconstruction and its spending, not civilian administration. “We have not fought for 70 years to return to the British mandate,” he said.
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Hamas' Badran criticized violations of the ceasefire. “First, we need top guarantees that Israel will respect Stage 1,” he said. “There is no Stage 2 before Stage 1 is implemented.”
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When it comes to the next stages, “the main points are still vague. There is no legal mechanism, no dates and no assigned actor,” Hamas leader Husam Badran said in an interview. “What the U.S. says for Stage 2? No-one has the answer. It’s very different from a roadmap.”
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“If there is a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a clear horizon toward a Palestinian state, we will deal with suggestions on weapons in a positive way,” Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told The Wall Street Journal at the group’s office in Doha,
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Trump administration officials want to recruit around 10,000 troops under a U.S. general to stabilize postwar Gaza, officials say, but some governments are reluctant to commit to a mission that could...
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Trump administration officials are seeking to recruit a multinational force of around 10,000 troops under a U.S. general to stabilize postwar Gaza https://t.co/ANi6zRFVIE via @WSJ by Beltway highfliers @alexbward @RobbieGramer and me @benoitfaucon
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Trump administration officials want to recruit around 10,000 troops under a U.S. general to stabilize postwar Gaza, officials say, but some governments are reluctant to commit to a mission that could...
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A U.S. blueprint laying out its vision for Ukraine’s reconstruction and the return of Russia to the global economy has sparked a clash between America and its European allies https://t.co/bQih20WRUm via @WSJ @JoeWSJ @benoitfaucon @drewhinshaw
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Undisclosed appendices to current peace proposals detail the Trump administration’s plan to unlock frozen Russian funds held in Europe and bring Moscow in from the cold.
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The Trump administration’s seizure of a tanker full of Venezuelan crude hits Nicolás Maduro much harder than airstrikes on alleged drug boats. It raises an existential crisis for a regime that runs on oil revenue. https://t.co/0J4BKLhefm via @WSJ @DubeRyan
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U.S. officials said they plan to confiscate more crude tankers in an effort to oust the strongman.
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U.S. Forces raid ship, seize cargo headed to Iran from China https://t.co/G2DPJ7ow59 via @WSJ by @benoitaucon and NatSecSuperstar @laraseligman
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A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, an operation at sea aimed at blocking...
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The United Arab Emirates paid more than $20 million to secure the freedom of an Emirati prince kidnapped by al Qaeda’s West African affiliate, according to Western officials https://t.co/tOp7dS4cXQ via @WSJ
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Jihadists received millions of dollars as they blockade the country’s capital and security across the region deteriorates.
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Bank Audi France a exfiltré 700 millions d'euros depuis 🇱🇧 en faillite. Et quand des déposants ruinés ont obtenu des saisies, l'agence a caché des fonds dans holdings 🇫🇷. Puis ce morceau des Champs Elysées s'est transformée en machine à cash pour privilégiés. Nos révélations ⬇️
De l'ambassade d'Arabie au clan Hariri en passant par un proche du Hezbollah, une poignée de privilégiés contournent les blocages bancaires. Révélations. ➡️ https://t.co/3pkudmfLe2
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Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities. https://t.co/hMyuZhAYWq via @WSJ
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Surging trans-Atlantic drug flows mean that cocaine seizures in Europe now exceed those in North America.
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Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities. https://t.co/V4xPI391lg via @WSJ
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Surging trans-Atlantic drug flows mean that cocaine seizures in Europe now exceed those in North America.
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The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board. w/ @JoeWSJ @tggrove @drewhinshaw @rebeccaballhaus
https://t.co/WJbgZRkn0R via @WSJ
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The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine w/@drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ @benoitfaucon @tggrove
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The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would seek to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence through lawsuits and by withholding federal funding, according to a draft of the order seen by Reuters https://t.co/30yOy5QiJL
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Iran seized a Cyprus-registered fuel tanker, its first such interdiction in the Strait of Hormuz in more than a year https://t.co/AlTYixAgYq via @WSJ
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The seizure of the vessel, which Iran’s navy said was carrying unauthorized goods, comes amid unresolved nuclear issues between Tehran and the West.
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Israel’s war in Gaza has generated substantial business for U.S. companies such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar https://t.co/Kt41Sno1C2 via @WSJ
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The conflict has generated billions of dollars in sales for American firms.
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Audi cuts 2025 outlook again as tariffs, EV shift dent margins https://t.co/mWTWjiyRyF
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Volkswagen's premium brand Audi cut its 2025 profitability guidance on Friday for a second time, as it grapples with U.S. import tariffs and a costly transition to electric vehicles weighing on its...
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Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group https://t.co/pcxtd9Chqt via @WSJ
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If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens to leave the West African nation immediately.
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A leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine says Palestinian factions won't disarm until the Israeli occupation is over. “The Palestinian resistance, all of them, reject the idea of disarmament,” says PFLP political bureau member Mariam Abou Dagga. “We will give
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