West Asia
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Top activist urges int’l pressure over plight of Palestinian prisoners amid pandemic
Mar 30, 2020 07:41Top Palestinian activist Leila Khaled has urged international organizations to pressure Zionist regime over the plight of Palestinian prisoners as fears arise over Israel’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Syria confirms first COVID-19 death as health system reels from sanctions, war
Mar 30, 2020 06:28Syria’s Health Ministry has confirmed its first death resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as the country’s fragile health system reels from years of foreign-backed war and sanctions.
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'Yemeni domestically-built missiles, drones strike sensitive targets in Saudi capital, elsewhere'
Mar 30, 2020 06:10Yemeni Armed Forces say they have targeted strategic and sensitive sites in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh and elsewhere in the kingdom by a squadron of domestically-manufactured combat drones and ballistic missiles.
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Turkish forces, allied militants cut off drinking water to Syria’s Hasakah, environs
Mar 29, 2020 16:56Turkish forces and allied Takfiri terrorists have once again cut off drinking water supply to people in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah and surrounding areas, only a few days after the Damascus government complained to the United Nations and the Security Council over the issue.
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Riyadh targeted in Yemen's first missile reprisal since September
Mar 29, 2020 16:35Local Yemeni sources have confirmed a missile attack on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in reprisal for the regime's air raids on the impoverished country.
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Turkey deploys US-made air defense System to Syria’s Idlib
Mar 29, 2020 11:17Turkey has reportedly deployed a US-made air defense system to Idlib as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the militant-held Syrian region despite a ceasefire reached earlier this month to halt an escalation.
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US to send equipment to terrorists in Syrian refugee camp under guise of medical aid: Report
Mar 29, 2020 07:45The United States plans to transport equipment to terrorists in a refugee camp in war-ravaged Syria under the guise of providing refugees with medical and humanitarian aid, Syrian and Russian officials warn.
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Palestinian groups in Gaza Strip cancel anti-Israel mass protests over coronavirus concerns
Mar 29, 2020 07:39Palestinian groups have cancelled mass anti-occupation rallies scheduled to be held next week along the fence separating besieged Gaza strip from the Israeli-Occupied Territories over coronavirus pandemic concerns.
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Ballistic missile, rocket intercepted over Riyadh, Jazan: Reports
Mar 29, 2020 07:33At least one ballistic missile and a rocket have been intercepted in the sky above the Saudi capital Riyadh and the southern city of Jazan, Saudi state media report.
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Hezbollah chief calls for end to Saudi aggression on Yemen
Mar 29, 2020 06:28Secretary-General of Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the international community must stop turning a blind eye on Saudi crimes in Yemen and put pressure on the regime to end its aggression against the impoverished Arab country.