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UN official: Libya elections could be rescheduled for June

A senior US official said she is pushing for Libya to hold elections by June after the county missed a December deadline to elect its first president since the 2011 ouster and killing of longtime dictator Muammar Qaddafi. ...

Fears grow over Iran influence in Lebanon after Hezbollah, Amal Cabinet decision

A decision by Hezbollah and the Amal Movement to end a boycott of Lebanon’s Cabinet has led to speculation that Iran is making moves to control Lebanon’s political system. ...

Three wounded in Iraq rocket attack targeting US embassy in Baghdad

Three people were wounded in rocket attacks on the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s Green Zone Thursday, with one hitting a school and two smashing into the US embassy grounds, security sources said. ...

Russian airstrikes in Syria kill 11 Daesh members

Russian airstrikes in desert areas of eastern Syria have killed 11 suspected members of Daesh, a war monitor reported Thursday. ...

Syrian war criminals will face justice ‘sooner or later, at home or abroad’

“This conviction has put state authorities on notice: no matter where you are or how senior you may be, if you perpetrate torture or other serious human rights violations you will be held accountable, sooner or later, at home or abroad.” ...

Iran ups the nuclear ante in search of Vienna negotiations advantage

Tehran’s proxies have been ramping up their activities on the battlefields of the Middle East in recent weeks. In Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, forces loyal to the Iranian regime have been busy, escalating attacks against US and Saudi targets. ...

Sudanese security forces kill 3 in new anti-coup protests

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition Thursday, killing at least three people as thousands once again took to the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities to protest the October military coup. ...

Newly unveiled statue of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani torched

A statue in central Iran of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force who was killed in a targeted US operation on Jan. 3, 2020, was torched after it has been unveiled to commemorate his death anniversary. ...

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Higher Defense Council extends general mobilization period in Lebanon

Following a meeting chaired by President Michel Aoun on Wednesday, Lebanon’s Supreme Defense Council has decided to extend the current general mobilization period until the end of March 2022. It also announced measures to open the borders with Syria for vaccinated residents or those testing negative for COVID-19. ...

Iran’s Guard fires cruise missiles in military exercise

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday fired cruise missiles during a major military exercise across the country’s south, media reported. ...

Iraq hangs three on ‘terrorism’ charges: security sources

Iraq on Tuesday hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security sources told AFP. ...

UN says Taliban behind at least 72 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan

The UN said Tuesday it had received credible allegations of over 100 extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan since the Taliban took power in August, with most carried out by the Taliban. ...

Syria state media says US forces ‘kidnapped civilians’ near Deir Ezzor

US forces carried out on Monday at dawn a “large airborne operation” near Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, Syrian state news agency SANA said. ...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank operation

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes that erupted in the West Bank city of Nablus early Monday, the official Palestinian news agency reported. ...

Hamas cordons off explosion site in Lebanon camp, says oxygen bottles exploded

The Palestinian Hamas movement in Lebanon said on Saturday that the explosion that shook the Burj Al-Shemali refugee camp in Tyre city, southern Lebanon, on Friday night, was caused by an “electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles.” ...