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Truce agreement victory for Yemeni nation: Abdulsalam

Yemen’s Houthi movement says a ceasefire agreed between the warring sides in Yemen is a victory for the war-torn country as it will stop Saudi attacks on the strategic city of Hudaydah.

UN chief: Yemen’s Houthis, ex-govt. agree to ceasefire in Hudaydah

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the Yemeni warring parties have reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, as a new round of peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of a brutal Saudi-led war on its southern neighbor came to a close in Sweden.

Bahrain courts give life sentence to two anti-regime activists

Courts in Bahrain have sentenced two anti-regime protesters to life imprisonment and handed down prison sentences to four others as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

Two Israelis killed, two critically injured in shooting attack in West Bank

A Palestinian has shot two Israelis dead in the occupied West Bank, less than a day after the Israeli military killed two of the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement’s members in the same region.

Palestinians shot dead over alleged stabbing, shooting attacks

The Israeli military has killed three Palestinians, including two members of the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement, in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.

Netanyahu backs Riyadh amid criticisms of Khashoggi murder

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates his support for the Saudi regime, which has been under fire globally over the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying criticisms of the murder should not go as far as posing a risk to the kingdom’s stability.

Iraqi aircraft target Daesh positions in eastern Syria, kill 44 terrorists

Iraqi military aircraft have carried out two separate airstrikes against members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr as the Baghdad government has pledged to continue airstrikes on the positions and headquarters of the extremists in the neighboring war-battered country.

Time magazine names Khashoggi 'person of the year'

Time magazine has named Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident journalist killed in the kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Istanbul in October, as its “Person of the Year” for 2018.

US erects ‘observation posts’ on Syria-Turkey border despite Ankara's dissent

The US military says it has established “observation posts” in northern Syria with the purported aim of preventing clashes between Turkish forces and US-backed Kurdish militants, despite Ankara’s strong opposition to the plan.

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