Middle East
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Two Americans, British personnel killed in Iraq rocket attack
Mar 12, 2020 01:53Two American personnel and one from Britain were killed, and about a dozen people were wounded when 15 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday, two US officials told Reuters, citing preliminary information.
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Rockets hit military base housing US troops
Mar 11, 2020 23:11Dozens of rockets have hit a base near Baghdad that houses US personnel, the Iraqi army has reported. It’s not yet clear whether the attack on the al-Taji base resulted in any casualties.
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Lebanon records first novel Coronavirus death: Health Ministry
Mar 11, 2020 10:53A Lebanese man died Tuesday from the novel coronavirus, a health ministry official said, marking the country's first recorded death from an epidemic that has infected 52 people nationwide.
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Ayatollah Sistani stresses closing religious gatherings to prevent corona outbreak
Mar 10, 2020 20:43The Iraqi Grand Shia Marja has emphasized the cancellation of congregational prayer to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.
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Yemen: Ansarullah shoots down Saudi spy drone
Mar 10, 2020 04:21Yemen's Ansarullah shot down a Saudi spy drone that was on operation in al-Fazah, al- Tahita region.
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UN's efforts to stop war in Yemen
Mar 09, 2020 13:16Tehran (IP)- Saudi Arabia has launched a brutal war against the Yemeni people in March 2015 in the form of a coalition with the United Arab Emirates, killing and wounding tens of thousands of Yemenis so far. International efforts to stop this war have so far failed.
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Lebanon files complaint about Israel to UNSC
Mar 09, 2020 10:09The Lebanese Foreign Ministry filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations (UN) Security Council against repeated Israeli violations to Lebanon’s sovereignty and airspace.
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Saudi crackdown widens amid reports of further arrests of royals
Mar 09, 2020 09:51Middle East (IP)- A roundup of royals and aides have widened in Saudi Arabia, according to several reports, in what is believed to be the latest crackdown by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the kingdom's de facto ruler, against potential challengers to his power.
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Dubai sheikh was to force his 11-year-old daughter to marry MBS
Mar 09, 2020 09:41Dubai’s sheikh was allegedly lining up his 11-year-old daughter to marry Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who is 22 years her senior, a UK court heard yesterday.
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Iran's SNSC visit to Iraq ends
Mar 09, 2020 09:32Iran's Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) departed for Tehran after paying a one-day visit to Iraq's capital on Sunday.
