These are the top headlines from Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, at 6pm GMT on Saturday July 4.

• Mass grief at Khamenei funeral projects hardline grip on post-war Iran

• Lebanese president urges US to ‘keep standing’ by country

• Fate of Gaza Strip ‘eclipsed and forgotten’ amid Middle East war

• Egypt coach dedicates historic World Cup win to ‘good people’ of Palestine

• Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal in latest long-range attack on Russia

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