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Missile carrier destroyed near Saudi border

Saudi-led coalition has destroyed a Scud missile carrier near the Yemeni-Saudi border, AFP News reported on Sunday. The carrier, belonging to Iran-backed Houthi militia and...

Saudi plans spending cuts, reforms to shrink budget deficit

Saudi Arabia, its finances hit by low oil prices, announced plans to shrink a record state budget deficit with spending cuts, reforms to energy...

UN envoy says up to big powers to bring about Syria ceasefire

The U.N. special envoy to Syria on Monday handed the responsibility of agreeing ceasefires across Syria to major powers, saying his remit was only...

Turkish base in Iraqi Kurdistan attacked

A Turkish base in Iraqi Kurdistan came under attack on Tuesday, a witness and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said, without claiming responsibility. Intense...

Idlib fear end nearing

The city of Idlib is the last urban area still under opposition control in Syria, located in a shrinking rebel enclave in the northwestern...

Gaza lockdown takes hold amid 1st virus cases in community

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A 48-hour curfew took hold Tuesday in the Gaza Strip for the first time since the start of...

Six Flags Entertainment seeks to open Saudi theme parks

U.S. theme park company Six Flags Entertainment Corp plans to expand to Saudi Arabia, its chief executive told Saudi-owned Arabiya TV on Monday, bringing...

King Salman rejects questioning of Saudi role as hajj organiser

King Salman on Monday rejected any suggestions that Saudi Arabia should give up its role as the organiser of the hajj following last month's...

Russia, Iran should stop Syrian government violations, Turkey says

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that Syrian government air strikes in eastern Ghouta were unacceptable, and called on Russia and Iran...

Famine threatens half of Yemen

Nearly half of Yemen's 22 provinces on the verge of famine as result of the war there and more than 13 million people need...

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