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- Middle East Syrians protest after video showing attack on Alawite shrine Angry protests broke out Wednesday in several areas of Syria after a video circulated showing an attack on an Alawite shrine in the country's north...
- Middle East Yemen rebels claim ballistic missile attack on Israel Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday that they had fired a ballistic missile at central Israel, with Israeli forces saying they intercepted...
Yemen's Huthis claimed Monday to have launched drone strikes against Saudi energy giant Aramco's facilities, amid an upsurge in fighting between the insurgents and the Riyadh-backed government in northern Yemen.
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Jordanian King Abdullah II's half-brother Prince Hamzah, allegedly involved in a plot to destabilize the country, will not face trial, the prime minister told a closed session of parliament Monday.
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Israeli spy agencies accused Iran on Monday of using fake social media accounts to lure citizens of the Jewish state abroad "to harm or abduct them."
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The United Nations called Monday on all parties involved in the conflict in Yemen to "seize the opportunity" for a diplomatic solution as world powers held virtual talks.
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The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation.
Full StoryMorocco's reported use of a drone strike to kill a senior Western Sahara independence fighter would, if confirmed, mark a turning point in the decades-long conflict, experts say.
The Polisario Front announced on Wednesday that its police chief Addah al-Bendir had been killed "on the field of honor" in a separatist-controlled part of the disputed desert territory.
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Neither the driver nor the assistant of an Egyptian train that crashed at speed into another last month were at the controls during the deadly accident, the prosecution service said Sunday.
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Jordan's King Abdullah appeared in public Sunday alongside Prince Hamzah, state TV showed, their first joint public appearance since a palace crisis implicating the prince rocked the kingdom.
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Fierce fighting for Yemen's strategic Marib city has killed 70 pro-government and Huthi rebel fighters over the past 24 hours, with battles raging on three fronts, loyalist military officials said Sunday.
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Israel will work with Washington to ensure any "new agreement" on Iran's nuclear program will safeguard regional security, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Sunday.
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