{"id":35370,"date":"2026-07-30T05:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35370"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:59:02","slug":"u-s-saudi-strikes-kill-20-iraqi-fighters-israeli-settler-attacks-in-west-bank-hitting-an-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35370","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Saudi strikes kill 20 Iraqi fighters; Israeli settler attacks in West Bank \u201chitting an all-time high\u201d;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Iran launches missiles toward U.S. base in Jordan.\u00a0U.S.-Saudi Strikes across Iraq kill at least 20 Popular Mobilization Forces fighters.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Israeli\u00a0Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits U.S. President Donald Trump. Iranian Foreign Ministry official outlines Iran\u2019s goals, commitments. Traffic still impacted through Strait of Hormuz, though no new attacks reported. Iran demands restitution over Ukrainian strike on ship. Ansarallah reports successful downing of Saudi reconnaissance drone. China holds direct talks with Ansarallah for Bab Al-Mandab access. Israeli attacks on Gaza kill one, wound 29. Israeli settlers, forces continue to ravage the occupied West Bank. UNHCR: Attacks by Israeli settlers \u201chitting an all-time high.\u201d Palestinian man accused of carrying out \u201cshooting attack\u201d was shot while unarmed, video shows. Israeli ceasefire violations continue in southern Lebanon. Israel accuses Hezbollah of ceasefire breach. Senate advances bipartisan Russia sanctions bill. ICE document confirms forced feeding of hunger striker in detention. Senate confirms Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence. Anthony Fauci takes the Fifth. U.S. delegation walks out of UN meeting after France criticizes rights record. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calls out Sen. Mitch McConnell for concealing health status. Cholera outbreak in Sudan. Ukrainian drones strike refineries and logistics sites across Russia. Russia charges Telegram founder with aiding terrorism. UN report: Boeing 727s linked to U.S. contractor supplied RSF in Sudan. Five Kenyan security officers killed in clash with al-Shabaab. Thousands protest against third presidential term in Congo. Turkey, Iraq discuss energy deal that could bring 1 million barrels of oil daily.<\/em>This is Drop Site Daily, our free news recap We send it Monday \u2013 Friday<\/strong>Upgrade to paid<\/a>IranIran launches missiles toward U.S. base in Jordan<\/strong>: Iran\u00a0launched<\/a>\u00a0ballistic missiles toward a U.S. base in Jordan on Tuesday evening and Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed, with U.S. and Jordanian military officials\u00a0claiming<\/a>\u00a0that the missiles were intercepted.After an initial announcement by the U.S. that it had shot down a series of missile attacks on Tuesday evening, the Jordanian military said it had intercepted 5 missiles on Wednesday morning.In a statement confirming the attacks, the IRGC said that the attacks targeted Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and the headquarters of the U.S. military\u2019s Central Command in Jordan and\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0that they would continue as long as U.S. threats and actions against Iranian interests persist.In\u00a0remarks<\/a>\u00a0to Fox News, Trump said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to beat the fuc*ing sh*t out of them. We\u2019ll be hitting them hard,\u201d adding that Iran was \u201cgoing to get a beating,\u201d in response to the attack. He said U.S. troops had only minutes to respond before intercepting the missiles. Trump also said that Washington would \u201clet them keep talking\u201d regarding the possibility of future negotiations with Tehran.Iranian state television reported Wednesday that U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes on an area near the Iraqi border in northwestern Iran, saying a location in the border region of Piranshahr came under \u201chostile U.S. airstrikes.\u201d Earlier, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted the crisis management chief of West Azerbaijan province as saying a \u201chostile missile\u201d struck an uninhabited area in the same region, causing no casualties.U.S.-Saudi Strikes across Iraq kill at least 20 PMF fighters:<\/strong>\u00a0Iraq\u2019s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0joint U.S.-Saudi airstrikes killed at least 20 of its fighters and wounded 32 others in attacks across seven provinces, in one of the biggest escalations in the region in weeks.The PMF, an Iraqi state-integrated paramilitary body with factions close to Tehran, said the strikes hit its positions in Baghdad, Wasit, Nineveh, Basra, Kirkuk, Karbala, and Diyala, damaging buildings, vehicles, and equipment.U.S. Central Command and Saudi Arabia confirmed the joint operation, saying it targeted \u201cIran-backed\u201d militants in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops and Saudi oil facilities, with CENTCOM saying it hit \u201clogistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq.\u201d Trump claimed the overnight strikes were carried out in coordination with the Iraqi government.Earlier on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed additional drones targeting petroleum facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh, following separate attacks reported Monday and Tuesday. Riyadh blamed Iran-aligned militias operating from Iraqi territory.Iraq\u2019s National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi,\u00a0condemned<\/a>\u00a0the U.S.-Saudi strikes, calling the attack \u201can unacceptable aggression,\u201d the Iraqi News Agency reported. The council said the strikes came while Baghdad was communicating with U.S. and Saudi officials to address concerns over attacks on Saudi territory. It announced a comprehensive security plan to \u201cconfront any violation of Iraq\u2019s sovereignty\u201d and stressed that responding to such attacks is \u201cthe exclusive responsibility of the Iraqi government and its constitutional institutions.\u201dIraqi militias deny responsibility for Saudi attacks:<\/strong>\u00a0The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella of \u201cresistance axis\u201d-aligned factions,\u00a0denied<\/a>\u00a0involvement in the drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that Riyadh has blamed on Iraq on Tuesday, calling the accusations \u201cfabrications.\u201dThe group said the claims were meant to mask Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u201cinability to respond to the painful Yemeni strikes,\u201d and warned that any \u201cfoolish action\u201d by the kingdom would meet a \u201charsh response.\u201dYemen\u2019s Ansarallah has separately claimed the attacks on Saudi, with spokesman Yahya Saree saying they targeted crude facilities in the kingdom\u2019s east.Netanyahu visits Trump:\u00a0<\/strong>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for a closed-door meeting, which lasted roughly an hour and a half and was described by White House officials as \u201cpositive and productive.\u201d At the meeting\u2019s conclusion, Netanyahu\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0he had finished \u201cone of the best conversations I\u2019ve ever had with a president of the United States, our friend Donald Trump.\u201dAfter their meeting, Netanyahu was\u00a0interviewed<\/a>\u00a0by Fox News\u2019 Sean Hannity, and said about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran that he was \u201cskeptical\u201d of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding and that Israel would respond \u201cwith terrific force\u201d if attacked by Iran.He said he and Trump \u201csee\u2026eye to eye\u201d on this, and were both committed to preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.Trump\u00a0struck<\/a>\u00a0a different tone when he was interviewed by Fox News on Tuesday, telling Fox & Friends that he was frustrated that his plans to discuss intelligence regarding an alleged nuclear facility at Iran\u2019s \u201cPickaxe Mountain\u201d with Netanyahu were leaked. \u201cI don\u2019t need [Netanyahu] to tell me that,\u201d he said, expressing a similar frustration that Netanyahu insisted that the U.S. \u201cstay involved\u201d in the war.Iranian deputy FM on Hormuz, U.S. blockade, and Iran\u2019s nuclear program:<\/strong>\u00a0Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs,\u00a0outlined<\/a>\u00a0Tehran\u2019s strategic position during an appearance on Iranian state television on Tuesday.Iran insists, Gharibabadi says, on control of the Strait of Hormuz, which it says will \u201cnever return\u201d to the prewar status quo. \u201cIf the Strait of Hormuz returns to its previous arrangements, our success in the war will not be complete.\u201dIran will keep the Strait closed unless Oman agrees to a new arrangement handing Tehran control over the waterway\u2019s shipping lanes, Gharibabadi said. Gharibabadi also noted that Iran is prepared to keep the Strait closed, even if it means war resumes, and that it would never recognize the southern shipping lane that the U.S. and Oman have proposed and attempted to establish.He warned the U.S. against its present strategy of imposing a naval blockade on the country, saying that it would not force any concessions on Iran\u2019s part, and said that any European warship approaching the Strait would be considered a legitimate military target by Iran.On the nuclear issue, Gharibabadi said Iran is effectively operating as if it were no longer a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), adding that it rejects inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency and other international agencies as long as the war continues. \u201cThe other side should not think Iran will remain in the NPT forever. All options are on the table,\u201d he said.Traffic still impacted through Hormuz, though no new attacks reported:<\/strong>\u00a0The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said on Tuesday that the regional maritime threat level in the Gulf remained \u201cSevere,\u201d but reported no newly confirmed attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz during the past 48 hours.Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains well below normal, with most transits continuing through the northern Iranian-controlled corridor.JMIC said IRGC harassment of merchant vessels, including hailing, drone overflights, and surveillance, persists, while many ships continue sailing with AIS switched off after earlier attacks.The maritime tracking firm Kpler\u00a0counted<\/a>\u00a0only seven total transits through Hormuz yesterday (another firm, Windward,\u00a0counted<\/a>\u00a0five).Iran\u2019s IRGC Navy\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday that it targeted and stopped three oil tankers that continued along what it called an unsafe and illegal route despite repeated warnings.Iran demands restitution over Ukrainian strike on ship\u00a0<\/strong>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday he had been assured by his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, that a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial ship was \u201cunintentional\u201d and that Kyiv was not seeking escalation.Araghchi called any attack on Iranian citizens or interests \u201cunacceptable\u201d and demanded \u201crestitution for losses.\u201dThe Ukrainian strike on Saturday killed one Iranian sailor and wounded another, according to Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry.YemenAnsarallah reports successful downing of Saudi reconnaissance drone:<\/strong>\u00a0Yemen\u2019s Armed Forces, the military wing of the Ansarallah movement,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday that it shot down a Saudi Karayel reconnaissance drone while it was carrying out \u201chostile operations\u201d over the Saada governorate in northern Yemen, near the Saudi border.The Karayel-SU is a Turkish-designed military drone used for surveillance, intelligence gathering and target identification, though it can also carry guided weapons.Spokesperson Yahya Saree\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the drone was downed and asserted that Yemeni forces would continue \u201cdefending the country\u2019s sovereignty\u201d by responding to any further attacks.China holds direct talks with Ansarallah for Bab Al-Mandab access:\u00a0<\/strong>China\u00a0held<\/a>\u00a0direct talks with Yemen\u2019s Ansarallah movement to secure safe passage for Chinese tankers through the Bab Al-Mandab Strait after the group announced it would target vessels calling on Saudi ports, Reuters reported on Tuesday.Chinese officials are reportedly clearing tankers individually with Ansarallah, while informing Iran of each transit.At least four China-bound tankers have made the passage since the blockade was announced.PalestineKilled and wounded in Gaza:<\/strong>\u00a0Over the past 24 hours, two Palestinians were killed\u2014one in a new attack and one due to wounds sustained in earlier attacks\u2014and 29 were injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 73,335 killed, with 174,052 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,209 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 3,943, while 803 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble.Israeli attacks on Gaza kill one, wound 29:\u00a0<\/strong>Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0at least one Palestinian and wounded 29 others, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.An Israeli attack on the Al-Balata Market in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed a Palestinian man and wounded 20 others.An Israeli drone struck the roof of a residential building in Gaza City\u2019s Rimal neighborhood, wounding three.Israeli forces shot and wounded two more Palestinians east of Deir al-Balah.Four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.Additionally, Israeli forces destroyed the Dar Al-Muttaqin Mosque in the Yarmouk area of central Gaza City, leveling tents sheltering displaced people beside it, and issued several forced displacement orders in Deir al-Balah and Gaza City preceding Tuesday\u2019s wave of strikes.Israeli settlers, forces continue to ravage the occupied West Bank:<\/strong>Israeli forces\u00a0demolished<\/a>\u00a0a house in the town of Naalin, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to Arab48. The house, which was constructed during the late Ottoman era, was more than 120 years old.Israeli forces demolished at least 13 Palestinian homes across the West Bank this week alone, according to the IMEMC news agency.Israeli authorities\u00a0confiscated<\/a>\u00a0more than 22 dunums\u2014an area roughly equal to the size of four football fields\u2014of Palestinian land near Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported on Tuesday.Israeli settlers destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Palestinian man in Beit Ula on Tuesday, kidnapping him and another passenger, WAFA\u00a0reported<\/a>.In a separate incident on Tuesday evening in the Bethlehem district, Israeli settlers\u00a0set fire<\/a>\u00a0to a Palestinian man\u2019s vehicle after attacking his home.Israeli undercover forces disguised in civilian clothing\u00a0shot and wounded<\/a>\u00a0a 55-year-old Palestinian man in the abdomen and foot during a raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, on Wednesday, according to WAFA. The forces also surrounded a home in the area and arrested a Palestinian man.Israeli settlers\u00a0cut down<\/a>\u00a020 citrus trees on a Palestinian farm in Wada Qana on Wednesday morning, WAFA reported.In the Tubas area, Israeli forces\u00a0began<\/a>\u00a0to destroy an artesian well used by Palestinian families in the area, WAFA reported. The well had previously been rendered inoperable by Israeli attacks, endangering the agricultural endeavors of the area, which are suffering under Israel\u2019s \u201cCrimson Thread,\u201d a project to build a military road and separation wall in the area.UNHCR: Attacks by Israeli settlers \u201chitting an all-time high\u201d:<\/strong>\u00a0The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the expansion of settlements and outposts are \u201chitting an all-time high\u201d in the occupied West Bank. \u201cWe are alarmed by the Israeli government\u2019s announcement to further increase the number of settlements and outposts, and open calls by Israeli leaders for revenge and collective punishment against Palestinian communities, accompanied by threats to turn the West Bank into another Gaza,\u201d Ravina Shamdasani, UNHCR spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.Palestinian man accused of carrying out \u201cshooting attack\u201d was shot while unarmed, video shows:\u00a0<\/strong>Sheikh Farouk Ramadan, a Palestinian whom Israel\u00a0labeled<\/a>\u00a0a \u201cterrorist\u201d after he defended himself during a confrontation with armed settlers in the occupied West Bank village of Tal on Friday, was shot dead while unarmed, an analysis of four videos by +972 Magazine and Local Call found.The report confirms that Ramadan did wrestle away a settler\u2019s rifle and that he fired it during their interaction.Videos then show him walking slowly towards soldiers, unarmed and with nothing in his hands, before dropping to the ground. He was shot dead in this position, possibly by a settler, minutes after the gun had left his hands.LebanonIsraeli ceasefire violations continue in southern Lebanon:<\/strong>Israeli forces\u00a0set fire<\/a>\u00a0to homes in the village of Qantara in Marjayoun district, according to Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency.Israeli soldiers also\u00a0shelled<\/a>\u00a0the Ali Al-Taher hill on the outskirts of Nabatieh Al-Fawqa.In Tyre (Sour) district, Israeli forces\u00a0detonated and demolished<\/a>\u00a0the remaining homes in villages across the western sector before dawn, particularly in the Al-Masha area of Mansouri.Israel accuses Hezbollah of ceasefire breach:\u00a0<\/strong>Israel\u00a0accused<\/a>\u00a0Hezbollah of committing a \u201cblatant violation\u201d of the Lebanon ceasefire, alleging the group launched an explosive drone at an Israeli military engineering vehicle in the Ali Al-Taher area of occupied southern Lebanon overnight, The Times of Israel reported. The Israeli military said no injuries were reported and that its troops would continue operating in the area. Israel is currently deliberating a response to the incident, according to security officials.\ud83d\udce5 Have a tip on Capitol Hill? Email DC Correspondent Julian Andreone at Julian@dropsitenews.comU.S. NewsSenate advances bipartisan Russia sanctions bill:\u00a0<\/strong>The Senate\u00a0voted<\/a>\u00a086-12 Tuesday to advance a bipartisan measure imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia and Iran, named for the late Sen.\u00a0Lindsey Graham<\/strong>, who died earlier this month while working to secure the bill\u2019s passage.The bill imposes harsh new penalties on countries that purchase oil and other energy products from Russia and expands existing sanctions against Iran.President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong>\u00a0watched from the gallery after meeting with senators.11 Democrats and one Republican voted against the bill.ICE document confirms forced feeding of hunger striker in detention<\/strong>: An ICE Health Service Corps document reviewed by The Guardian\u00a0confirms<\/a>\u00a0the Trump administration forcibly treated at least one immigrant detention hunger striker between October and December of last year, using methods that could include force-feeding, hydration, or involuntary catheterization or blood draws.The disclosure, produced in response to Senate appropriations committee reporting requirements, comes as hundreds of detainees have staged hunger strikes at facilities including Delaney Hall in New Jersey and Adelanto in California.Forced feeding has been condemned by international human rights groups and medical associations as a form of torture.Senate confirms Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence<\/strong>: The Senate\u00a0confirmed<\/a>\u00a0Jay Clayton<\/strong>, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in a 51-47 party-line vote on Tuesday.Democratic support eroded after Clayton gave evasive answers during his confirmation hearing about whether President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/strong>\u00a0won the 2020 election.Sen.\u00a0Mark Warner\u00a0<\/strong>(D-Va.) said he hoped Clayton would prove more stable than acting director\u00a0Bill Pulte<\/strong>, who claimed Tuesday to have executed a \u201c5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS\u201d totaling a 30% staff reduction during his brief tenure.Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment:<\/strong>\u00a0Anthony Fauci<\/strong>, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,\u00a0invoked<\/a>\u00a0his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to questions from the Senate Homeland Security Committee Tuesday about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.Fauci, who was pardoned by President Joe Biden, accused Sen.\u00a0Rand Paul\u00a0<\/strong>(R-Ky.)\u00a0<\/strong>of having an \u201cunhinged obsession with me.\u201d Paul released 11,000 pages of Fauci\u2019s unredacted personal diary over the weekend, in which his observations often directly contradicted his public messaging about the virus.Beshear calls out McConnell for concealing health status:<\/strong>\u00a0Kentucky\u00a0<\/strong>Gov.\u00a0Andy Beshear<\/strong>\u00a0publicly\u00a0demanded<\/a>\u00a0that Sen.\u00a0Mitch McConnell\u00a0<\/strong>prove he remains capable of serving or resign, after 43 days without voting or directly addressing constituents following his hospitalization.After writing a letter to McConnell on Monday, Beshear called upon Sen.\u00a0John Thune\u00a0<\/strong>to \u201cfully investigate\u201d McConnell\u2019s health condition and his ability to serve Kentuckians.August 3 may be the cutoff date after which Beshear cannot call a special election, Beshear noted during a Tuesday appearance on Bloomberg.Other International NewsCholera outbreak in Sudan:\u00a0<\/strong>Cholera has\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0at least 170 people and infected more than 2,000 in Sudan since May, with the Kordofan region hit hardest, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).Relief agencies are racing to respond despite severe obstacles set by the country\u2019s ongoing civil war, setting up nearly 80 monitoring sites, 16 treatment centers, and eight rehydration facilities, and reaching more than 270,000 people with prevention efforts.OCHA warned the response is crippled by a funding shortfall, with Sudan\u2019s 2026 humanitarian appeal raising just $1.1 billion of the $2.9 billion needed.Ukrainian drones strike refineries and logistics sites across Russia:\u00a0<\/strong>Ukraine launched overnight\u00a0attacks<\/a>\u00a0using long-range drones on oil refineries in Perm and Ryazan, a Ryazan logistics center, an export terminal and military plant in Rostov, and a Russian naval base in occupied Crimea, President Zelenskyy said in a statement announcing the strikes.A warehouse for the company Wildberries in Ryazan was evacuated after catching fire. The online retailer, known as the Russian equivalent to Amazon, said that a recent campaign of Ukrainian strikes targeting its facilities have damaged at least seven warehouses in recent days, eliminating roughly 10 percent of its storage capacity. Ukraine claims that the company provides components for Russian attack drones.Russia, meanwhile, struck Kherson, killing one person, and said its drones hit two vessels carrying weapons and military equipment near Odessa.Russia charges Telegram founder with aiding terrorism<\/strong>: Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB)\u00a0charged<\/a>\u00a0Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list, alleging that Ukrainian intelligence used a dating chatbot on the platform to recruit young Russians for attacks on security personnel and infrastructure.The FSB said 46 Russians ages 12 to 22 had been arrested over the past year after being recruited through the chatbot.Telegram is popular in Russia and used by Russian defense and government agencies for public communications, though Moscow has begun throttling access to the platform in response to concerns over its use for foreign espionage.UN report: Boeing 727s linked to U.S. contractor supplied RSF in Sudan:\u00a0<\/strong>A draft UN report\u00a0found<\/a>\u00a0that Boeing 727s linked to a business network involving former U.S. Army Special Forces contractor Steven Shaulis transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces via an N\u2019Djamena-Nyala air corridor, according to Reuters.The report also detailed the scale of support from an estimated 1,500-2,000 Colombian mercenaries known as the Desert Wolves, hired by UAE-based firm Global Security Services Group, who fought alongside the RSF during its siege of El-Fasher, violence the UN has said amounted to genocide.Five Kenyan security officers killed in clash with al-Shabaab<\/strong>: Five Kenyan security officers were\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday when a patrol team clashed with suspected al-Shabaab militants near Wantey Dam in Mandera county, close to the Somali border, according to Reuters.Police said they are pursuing the militants after a reinforcement team\u2019s armored vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device, though no casualties were reported from this attack.Thousands protest against third presidential term in Congo:<\/strong>\u00a0Thousands\u00a0rallied<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday in the M23-controlled cities of Goma and Bukavu against proposed constitutional changes that could allow President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi to seek a third term, Reuters reported, following Congo\u2019s parliament approving a bill in June to submit such changes to a referendum.Demonstrators also called for the UN to lift sanctions imposed this month on AFC\/M23 leader Corneille Nangaa, as government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya accused the rebels of forcing residents to join the protests, which proceeded despite an Ebola-related gathering ban.Turkey, Iraq discuss energy deal that could bring 1 million barrels of oil daily<\/strong>: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday that Turkey could receive up to 1 million barrels of oil a day under an energy cooperation plan discussed with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Ankara, the AP reported, with Turkey\u2019s state petroleum company also acquiring a 15% stake in BP Energy Company of Kirkuk.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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