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Arab Coalition intercepts explosive-laden drone fired by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia

The Arab Coalition intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, state news agency SPA reported early on Monday. The Coalition Spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said the drone was the latest in a series of attempts by the Houthi militias to “target civilians and …

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US sees fighting resurgent ISIS as priority, not guarding oil

The extremist group was supposed to have lost its last scrap of territory in Syria in March 2019, but in recent months it has ramped up attacks against regime forces, especially in the east of the country bordering Iraq. US forces in Syria are focused on fighting the remnants of …

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Turkish operation to rescue intelligence operatives in Iraq ends in catastrophic failure

No less than 13 intelligence and police personnel, including two intelligence directors, were killed. A Turkish operation in northern Iraq ended in a bloodbath after special forces failed to rescue 13 elite intelligence and police officers who had been kidnapped by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants.

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Pro-Iran Liwa Fatimiyoun Militia Recruits 200 Fighters in Syria’s Hassakeh, Qamishli

Iran is seeking to expand its influence over regime-controlled areas, according to Asharq Al-Awsat. Despite Iran insisting that it only plays an advisory role in Syria, a recent report published by a UK-based war monitor confirmed that Tehran is actively consolidating its influence over regime-controlled areas in the war-torn Levantine …

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Syrian air defences ‘intercept Israeli aggression’ over Damascus

Syrian army says Israeli military jets flew over the Golan Heights to hit targets on the edge of Damascus. Syria’s army said on Monday the country’s air defences intercepted “Israeli aggression” over the capital, Damascus, in the latest stepped-up bombing of alleged Iranian targets inside the country over the last …

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US sends military assistance to YPG/PKK terrorists in Syria from Iraq

Dozens of U.S. military vehicles carrying assistance to the PKK’s Syrian offshoot YPG-dominated SDF arrived in northeastern Syria on Sunday, according to video footage shared on Twitter. The trucks carrying military assistance, including the Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle used by the U.K. Special Forces, were seen in the footage allegedly …

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