West Asia
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Death toll from Saudi airstrike on Yemen prison rises to 91
Jan 25, 2022 19:34The Yemeni health minister says the death toll from a Saudi airstrike on a prison in the northern city of Sa’ada has now risen to 91.
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US sanctions amount to economic terrorism, cause catastrophic impacts, says Syrian deputy FM
Jan 25, 2022 09:40Syrian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Bashar al-Jaafari has lambasted US-led sanctions against his country, saying the bans amount to economic terrorism and have catastrophic impacts on Syria’s human rights situation.
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Saudi warplanes heavily bomb Yemeni cities amid internet blackout
Jan 25, 2022 08:44The Saudi-led coalition’s fighter jets have launched new airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and nearby cities, as Riyadh escalates its aggression against the war-ravaged country.
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Lebanon's Hariri suspends role in politics, says will not run in upcoming election
Jan 25, 2022 07:11Lebanon's former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says he is suspending his work in political life and will not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, amid an ongoing economic crisis in the country.
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Syrian, Russian fighter jets stage joint air patrol mission over occupied Golan Heights
Jan 25, 2022 06:53Russia’s Defense Ministry says Russian and Syrian fighter jets have conducted a joint air patrol mission in the airspace along the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the Euphrates River.
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Kurdish-led SDF conduct search for Daesh terrorists in Hasakah: Report
Jan 24, 2022 14:04The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly searched for Daesh (ISIS) suspects in Syria’s northern city of Hasakah after members of the terrorist group took over a prison in the city to free their comrades.
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Yemeni army conducts fresh retaliatory missile strikes against UAE, Saudi Arabia
Jan 24, 2022 07:46Yemeni Armed Forces have launched fresh missile strikes against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, only a week after they carried out a series of attacks against the UAE in retaliation for its involvement in the devastating Saudi-led war on Yemen.
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Yemen to keep up counterstrikes until the end of invasion: Ansarullah official
Jan 24, 2022 07:39A senior Yemeni official vows that the country will keep up its counteroffensives until its complete liberation from the scourge of a United States-backed and Saudi-led invasion and siege.
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Israel's former minister resigns from Knesset over graft charges
Jan 24, 2022 07:35Aryeh Deri, Israel’s former Interior Minister and leader of the ultra-orthodox Shas Party, has submitted his resignation from the Knesset (parliament) after reaching a plea deal with the regime’s attorney general in a tax fraud case.
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MSF says Saudi-led coalition has ‘no way to deny’ deadly bombing of Yemeni prison
Jan 24, 2022 07:28A prominent international charity organization says Saudi Arabia and its allies have “no way to deny” carrying out a deadly airstrike on a prison that martyred more than 80 people and injured hundreds others in Yemen’s northern Province of Sa’ada.