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Lebanon detains Assad-era Syrian officer wanted by Damascus

Lebanese authorities detained a former Syrian army officer following an arrest warrant from Damascus accusing him of "killing and crimes against humanity," a judicial official told AFP.

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Yemen's Houthis say struck refinery on Saudi's Red Sea coast

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Sunday they had struck an oil facility on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast after the Gulf kingdom said it had extinguished a fire at the site.

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Tehran says won't reopen Hormuz until US accepts Iran's conditions

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States accepts all of Tehran's demands.

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Free as a bird: Rare Serbian eagle rescued and returned through Lebanon

Feliks, a rare eastern imperial eagle, is again soaring through the skies of his Serbian homeland after being rescued from the clutches of bird smugglers during his inaugural migration, the national bird society said.

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Houthi attacks kill 10 in Yemen as rebels target oil-rich Marib

Houthi attacks on a strategic Yemeni province killed at least 10 people, according to a minister and military source, as the rebels escalated strikes on the oil-rich region.

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Exodus: West Bank hardships drive out Palestinian Christians

Palestinian Christians call themselves "living stones" and say they have lived continuously in the Holy Land for the last 2,000 years. Maybe not for much longer, believes Reverend Mitri Raheb.

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Drone from Romania explodes near pipeline in Bulgaria

A drone that entered Bulgaria from neighboring Romania on Saturday exploded near the border between the two countries and the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, which links Turkey to Ukraine, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced.

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Three members of Yemen government forces dead in Houthi attack

A Houthi drone attack on Yemen's Marib province killed three members of government forces on Friday and wounded another four, a Yemeni military source told AFP.

"Three killed and four wounded in a preliminary toll from the Houthi drone attack on the Harib area, in the south of Marib," the source said, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

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Houthi attack wounds 11 civilians in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh-led coalition says

Yemen's Houthis late Thursday wounded 11 people in an attack on southern Saudi Arabia, a Riyadh-led coalition said, the highest toll in the kingdom from an attack by the rebels in years.

The attacks come as Yemen is increasingly drawn into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with the rebels stepping up attacks against both Yemen government forces and neighboring Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the internationally recognized Yemeni government.

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Eight dead, including teen suspect's grandparents, in Thailand shooting

The suspect in a school shooting in Thailand killed a total of eight people Friday, police said.

First he shot his grandparents dead, using his grandfather's handgun, then went to his school north of Bangkok and killed three teachers and three students, national police said in a statement.

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