West Asia
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Another explosion strikes Iraqi capital: Report
Jan 25, 2021 07:23A fresh explosion has reportedly hit an area in western Baghdad, three days after twin blasts killed 32 people in the Iraqi capital.
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Israeli forces kidnap Palestinian teenager as troops storm school district in West Bank
Jan 25, 2021 07:17Undercover Israeli agents have abducted a Palestinian teenager in occupied al-Quds, while regime forces stormed an area in the West Bank to demolish a newly constructed school there.
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Yemen warring sides kick-start prisoner swap talks in Jordan: UN
Jan 24, 2021 17:43Fresh talks between delegations from Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and Saudi-backed former government have begun over exchange of hundreds of more prisoners, as part of steps taken to revive stalled UN-brokered peace negotiations, the United Nations says.
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Mourners burry killed Iraqi fighters in holy city of Najaf
Jan 24, 2021 17:40Supporters and members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi force burry the fighters of the paramilitary network during a funeral ceremony in the holy city of Najaf, a day after they were martyred north of the capital. At least 11 fighters lost their life during an ambush by Daesh terrorists north of the capital on Saturday.
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Heart attack from Israeli toxic tear gas kills 48-year-old Palestinian
Jan 24, 2021 17:37A Palestinian worker has been martyred following an incident where Israeli forces used toxic tear gas against him and his coworkers near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported.
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Ansarullah: Saudi to pay heavy price for continuing Yemen war, siege
Jan 24, 2021 12:15Yemen’s defensive Ansarullah movement says the Saudi-led coalition will pay dearly for keeping up the war and a siege that it has simultaneously imposed on the impoverished country.
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Pirates attack Turkish ship in Nigeria; kill sailor, kidnap 15
Jan 24, 2021 07:19Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast Guinea, abducting 15 people after killing an Azerbaijani sailor.
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At least 11 PMU fighters martyred in Daesh ambush north of Baghdad
Jan 24, 2021 07:09At least 11 fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have been martyred in an ambush by Daesh terrorists north of the Iraqi capital, according to security sources.
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile air target’ going toward Riyadh
Jan 24, 2021 07:02Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted an apparent missile or drone strike over Riyadh, after a blast was heard in the Saudi capital on Saturday morning.
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Nujaba warns Daesh supporters after reports of plots to hit Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala
Jan 24, 2021 06:42Iraq’s Harakat al-Nujaba resistance group has warned about plots by the terrorist group of Daesh to carry out attacks in the capital Baghdad, as well as the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, threatening the regimes supporting the Takfiri terrorist group that they will cause the war to drag into their own lands.