By: Middle East Affairs On Sunday, a Syrian military source cited by state media and an Iranian official said: "An electrical fault caused a series of loud blasts early near a military airbase outside the Syrian capital Damascus." Additionally, an authority in the provincial partnership backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a
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Yemen’s VP says Sanaa will be “cleansed of the Houthi militias” shortly
(Arab News) Yemen’s Vice President, Lieutenant-General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar said the capital Sanaa will be “cleansed of the Houthi militias,” Saudi state TV Al-Ekhbariya reported on Monday. The vice president’s statement came during a meeting with senior Yemeni army officials in Marib that was attended by the commander of the Saudi-led
Libya’s coast guard rescues hundreds of African migrants fleeing poverty & civil war
(AP) CAIRO: Libya’s coast guard has rescued three groups of more than 520 African migrants, including at least 10 women and 49 children, and recovered four bodies in the Mediterranean Sea east of the capital, Tripoli, over two days, a spokesman said Thursday. One group of some 300 people embarked on
Israel refuses to comment on claims of U.S. air strikes in Iraq/Syria
Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker says Iranian and Hezbollah forces will stay in Syria till it is “liberated”
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not withdraw from Syria until the country is "liberated" and its "territorial integrity is restored", Russia's RIA news agency reported on Wednesday. Iran-backed forces such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, a close political ally of Berri, have been key