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التحالف يعلن تسليم 163 أسيرا حوثيا ضمن المبادرة الإنسانية

أعلن تحالف دعم الشرعية في اليمن، الجمعة، أن طائرتين غادرتا إلى عدن وصنعاء لتسليم أسرى حوثيين، ضمن المبادرة السعودية الإنسانية التي أعلن عنها قبل نحو أسبوع. ...

US ‘strongly oppose’ expansion of Israeli settlements in West Bank

The United States on Friday “strongly” opposed Israel’s plans to build new settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after Israeli officials said they would approve 4,000 new housing units in the West Bank. ...

2 rockets target coalition troops in Iraq, no casualties

Two rockets targeting a base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Saturday crashed near the complex without causing casualties or damage, security sources said. ...

Arrests made after Palestinian group claims killing of Israeli guard

Palestinian assailants shot and killed a security guard at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank late on Friday, bringing the number of Israeli losses within a month to 15. ...

Sudan frees ex-officials in effort to end political impasse

Sudanese authorities released two outspoken former government officials from prison, lawyers said Wednesday, part of trust-building measures amid efforts to end the country’s political impasse. ...

تقرير يكشف سبب كارثة الطائرة المصرية في 2016

خلص تقرير أعده خبراء طيران في فرنسا إلى أن كارثة تحطم طائرة مصرية أقلعت من باريس يعود إلى سيجارة أشعلت في قمرة القيادة. ...

Arab nations slam Israel at UN Security Council after weekend of violence

Arab nations criticized Israel during a heated meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday that focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Arab leaders urge Israel not to undermine 2-state solution

Egypt, Jordan and the UAE jointly stressed the importance of Israel stopping all measures that undermine the two-state solution, and the need to return to negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in accordance with international law. ...

Lebanese army recovers bodies from capsized migrant boat

The Lebanese army Sunday recovered the bodies of 13 migrants whose boat carrying at least 56 people capsized the night before, state media reported. ...

We found nothing:’ Thousands of Daesh victims still missing

For journalist Amer Matar, a decade-long search for his younger brother has defined him and changed the course of his life, now dedicated to researching and documenting crimes committed by Daesh in Syria. ...

Israel strikes Gaza Strip after rocket fired at Israel: witnesses, Hamas

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel for the first time in months on Monday, in another escalation after clashes at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, a series of deadly attacks inside Israel and military raids across the occupied West Bank. ...

Dozens of mothers of prisoners in Gaza denied access to sons

As she gets older, the Palestinian Fayza Abu Al-Qumboz becomes more afraid of dying before she can once more embrace her son, Majed, who has been in Israeli prisons for 16 years. ...

New Iran underground nuclear workshop

Iran has started making components for centrifuges to enrich uranium at a new workshop in its underground nuclear site at Natanz, the UN atomic watchdog said Thursday. ...

Truck hits tourist bus in Egypt, kills 10 including 4 French

A tourist bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt and burst into flames on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including four French and a Belgian, authorities said. ...

Khamenei says Iran’s future should not be tied to nuclear talks with world powers

Iran’s supreme leader said on Tuesday that his country’s future should not be tied to the success or collapse of nuclear talks with world powers, Iranian state media reported. ...

At least one person killed, 3 injured in explosion near Lebanon’s Sidon

At least one person was killed and three were injured in an explosion near a scout center affiliated with the Shiite, Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement near Sidon in southern Lebanon, a security source told Reuters early on Tuesday. ...

Tunisia to compensate revolution’s dead and wounded — president

Tunisian President Kais Saied, facing political and economic crisis and accusations he took power in a coup, announced compensation on Sunday for the families of those killed and wounded in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy to the country. ...