West Asia
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Iraqi party leader claims foreign-linked vote irregularities, issues warning
Oct 22, 2021 14:18One of the leaders of Iraq's Fatah (Conquest) Alliance has blasted foreign-linked irregularities and fraudulence in the country’s parliamentary elections, warning that the results have to be annulled and new elections held if demands of the public are not fulfilled.
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Security Council ignores Saudi war crimes, people’s rights to defend themselves: Yemen’s Foreign Ministry
Oct 22, 2021 13:06The Yemeni Foreign Ministry has denounced the UN Security Council’s pro-Riyadh statement for ignoring the Saudi war crimes against the Yemeni people.
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Sana’a says Security Council ignores Saudi war crimes, Yemeni people’s rights to defend themselves
Oct 22, 2021 09:20The Yemeni Foreign Ministry has denounced the UN Security Council’s pro-Riyadh statement for ignoring the Saudi war crimes against the Yemeni people.
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Report: Geagea summoned to Lebanese military court over Beirut violence
Oct 22, 2021 08:27Lebanon’s military court has summoned Samir Geagea, the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) political party, over the killing of seven Shia Muslims in Beirut during last week’s violence.
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Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of Palestinian olive trees in occupied West Bank during harvest season
Oct 22, 2021 08:14Extremist Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian-owned farming lands in the central part of the occupied West Bank, and uprooted more than 300 olive trees at the peak of olive harvest season.
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Cowardly terrorist acts will never stop Syria’s anti-terror fight; UN needs to take deterrent measures: Foreign Ministry
Oct 22, 2021 08:05Syria says terror attacks like the deadly bombing that recently targeted a military bus in Damascus will not stop its fight against terrorism, calling on the international community and the United Nations to condemn the bloodshed and take action against the countries sponsoring terrorism.
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Saudi jets heavily bomb Sana'a, target pharmaceutical warehouses
Oct 21, 2021 18:46At least one person has been killed and three others wounded when Saudi fighter jets struck pharmaceutical warehouses in Yemen’s capital province of Sana’a.
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Hezbollah keeps specter of war away from Lebanon, says senior official
Oct 21, 2021 16:11Hezbollah has never been a tool used against the Lebanese people, says a top official, stressing that the resistance group keeps the specter of war away from the Mediterranean country.
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UN Security Council demands immediate ceasefire in Yemen as army closes in on Ma’rib
Oct 21, 2021 09:10Apparently worried by the Yemeni army’s rapid gains in the battle to liberate the strategic city of Ma’rib, the UN Security Council has called for an urgent ceasefire across Yemen and an end to the army’s advances toward the last stronghold of Saudi-backed mercenaries.
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‘Unknown drones’ blitz controversial US-led coalition base in Syria
Oct 21, 2021 09:01Unidentified drones reportedly carry out a set of attacks against a controversial military base belonging to the US-led coalition occupying Syria.