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Israeli Mayor Storms Mosque to Silence Loudspeakers
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An Israeli mayor has stormed a mosque in north-central Israel accompanied by police officers, trying to bully the local imam into lowering the volume of loudspeakers.
Yair Revivo, the mayor of the city of Lod,…
Iraqi Paramilitary Force Thanks Hezbollah for Helping them
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The Iraqi paramilitary, Harakat Al-Nujaba, issued a statement on Saturday that thanked the Lebanese Hezbollah movement for their contribution to fighting terrorism.
“The Lebanese Hezbollah advisers and commanders were…
Iraqi Forces Prepare to Attack “Daesh” s Last Urban Bastion
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Iraqi government and paramilitary forces announced Friday plans to launch an assault to retake Hawija, the last "Daesh" group’s urban bastion in the country, a day after recapturing Tal Afar.
Iraqi forces have now…
Commander: Iraqi Jets Killed 5 of “Daesh”in Diyala
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Five "Daesh" militants, backed by Saudi Arabia, were killed in an airstrike launched in northeast of Diyala, according to the Dijla Operations Command.
Speaking to Alghad Press on Monday, Maj. Gen. Mazhar…
50,000 stranded on Jordan-Syria border: UN
The United Nations (UN) says roughly 50,000 Syrians are stranded on Syria’s border with Jordan, expressing concern about their situation.
The refugees reportedly comprise an estimated 4,000 people at the Hadalat border crossing and…
15 Palestinian patients die after Israel blocks exit from Gaza: Rights group
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At least 15 terminally ill Palestinian patients have died since the beginning of the year after Israel denied them permits to travel out of the besieged Gaza Strip for treatment, says a human rights group.
The al-Mezan…
US-led airstrikes blocks evacuation of terrorists from Lebanon border
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US-led warplanes have struck a road being used by a convoy of Daesh terrorists and their families to reach eastern Syria in an apparent attempt to torpedo an agreement between Lebanon and the militant group aimed at cleansing…
Nasrallah dismisses Iraq’s criticism on militant evacuations
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The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, has dismissed claims that Hezbollah and the Lebanese government were exposing Iraq to greater security risks by evacuating hundreds…
Trump urges Salman to find solution to standoff with Qatar
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US President Donald Trump has called on Saudi King Salman and “all the parties in the Qatar dispute” to find a diplomatic solution to the regional standoff, according to the White House.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and…
Iraq, Jordan reopen border-crossing that was closed for over three years
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Jordan and Iraq on Wednesday reopened their only border crossing, saying security had been restored three years after the "Daesh", backed by Saudi Arabia, group seized control of frontier areas.
In a joint…