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Jordan army says killed many smugglers from Syria

Jordan said its troops have killed 27 suspected smugglers attempting to enter the country from neighboring Syria, adding that some others also carrying drugs fled back into Syria.

Syria says US behind Hasakah violence, seeking to revive Daesh

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh says the US is behind the latest spate of deadly violence in the northeastern province of Hasakah. He warned that Washington is seeking to revive the Daesh terror group so that it can justify its occupation of the Arab country.

‘Saudi-led coalition carries out 60 airstrikes across Yemen’

Reports coming out of Yemen say the Saudi-led coalition fighter bombers have done 60 airstrikes across Yemen in the past 24 hours.

Iran, Qatar FMs discuss promotion of bilateral ties, regional peace

The top diplomats of Iran and Qatar have exchanged views on ways to broaden bilateral relations, among other issues of bilateral and regional interest.

Yemen Ansarullah warns UAE no more safe for investment

A member of the political bureau of Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement has warned that the United Arab Emirates will turn into a battlefield in case a full-scale conflict erupts between the resistance front and what it called the “puppets” of the US.

Iran: UN should hold ‘Yemen crime’ perpetrators to account

An Iranian judiciary official has condemned the Saudi-led coalition’s deadly airstrikes on Yemen, calling on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to employ every possible option to hold the perpetrators of “the crime” to account.

Top US security official holds talks with Saudi, UAE envoys

US President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with UAE and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassadors to the United States, Yousef Al Otaiba and Reema bint Bandar Al Saud respectively to discuss recent Yemeni missile and drone attacks.

Yemen says targeted Saudi, Emirati sites with ballistic missiles, drones

The spokesman for the Yemeni army says it hit targets inside Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with ballistic missiles and drones on Monday.

UAE says intercepts two missiles fired from Yemen

Two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Huthi forces have been intercepted and destroyed over the United Arab Emirates, the defense ministry announced on Monday.

Survivors of Saudi strikes on Yemeni detention center recount scary experience

Yemeni people who were lucky to survive the recent Saudi coalition raids on Saada prison, recount the scary misery they went through, calling it war crime.

Iraq boosts security on Syrian border after Daesh jailbreak

Iraq has tightened security measures on the borderline with neighboring Syria after a jailbreak by militants of the Daesh terror group in a Kurdish-controlled prison in Hasakah Province.

“Saudi-led coalition seeks to cut off Yemen’s access to internet, world”

The deputy foreign minister of Yemen’s National Salvation Government has warned against cutting off the country’s access to the internet by the Saudi-led coalition.

Dozens killed in fighting between Daesh, Kurds in Syria

Fighting raged on Saturday between Daesh and Kurdish forces in northern Syria after attackers stormed a prison housing members of the armed group. At least 70 people have been killed so far.

Corbyn: UK complicit in Saudi Yemen crimes

The British government is facing renewed criticism over UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, with Jeremy Corbyn former leader of the Labor Party, saying London is an accomplice in Riyadh’s crimes against Yemen.

Iraq PMF to support army in wake of deadly attack on Diyala barracks

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces say they are prepared to support the army in the wake of a bloody attack on an army barracks in Diyala Province which left 11 soldiers dead.

Hezbollah condemns Saudi-led deadly air raids on Yemen

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has categorically condemned recent deadly airstrikes on Yemeni civilians by a coalition of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

UN chief condemns Saudi coalition deadly attacks on Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Friday air raids by Saudi-led coalition on Yemen that reportedly killed and wounded scores of people.

Yemen military urges foreign firms to leave UAE

Yemen’s military has called on foreign companies to leave the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying the UAE will be an unsafe country as long as it continues its acts of aggression against Yemen.

US imposes sanctions on Lebanese individuals for Hezbollah ties

The US Department of Treasury has targeted three Lebanese nationals along with 10 entities under the so-called global terrorism related sanctions.

Yemenis hold angry protests to slam Saudi-led bloodshed in Sa’ada

The Yemeni people have taken to the streets en masse across the country to condemn the Saudi-led war coalition’s latest bloody airstrikes in northern Sana’a Province, which claimed dozens of civilian lives.

Scores killed, injured in Saudi coalition raids on Yemen

Saudi-led coalition’s fighter jets have bombed homes in Yemen's western city of Hudaydah and a prison in northwestern Sa'ada, with initial reports putting casualties above 150 people.

US mulling to re-designate Houthis as terror group

US President Joe Biden says Washington is considering re-designating Yemen’s Houthis as a “terror organization.” Biden stopped short of referring to the crimes of the Saudi-UAE coalition on Yemeni civilians.

Armenia seeking to resolve border dispute with Azerbaijan Republic

Armenia has tabled a set of proposals to the Azerbaijan Republic to resolve border issues between them following last year’s Nogorno-Karabakh conflict.

Yemeni Army says hit positions of ‘UAE mercenaries’

A top Yemeni commander says the country’s military has pounded the positions of Emirati mercenaries in southern Yemen with missiles.

EU seeking Iran role to end Yemen war

A top European diplomat has called on Iran to play a role in ending the Yemen crisis which has killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of civilians, and turned the poor country into the scene of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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