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Bahrain Activist Nabil Rajab Sentenced to 5 years for Tweets About Impoverished Yemen
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High-profile Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to a further five years in jail on Wednesday over tweets critical of the war in Yemen, a judicial source and human rights groups said.
Rajab, a leading figure in…
The Saudi-led coalition receives a number of darts in the report of the Security Council
YemenExtra
Y.A
Instead of a single State there are warring statelets, and no one side has either the political support or the military strength to reunite the country, this is the result of the Saudi-UAE aggression during three years,…
War against terror is not over, Iraqi PMU commander warns
YemenExtra
Y.A
A senior commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has vowed "revenge" after 27 members of its troops were killed in a Daesh ambush.
Hadi al-Ameri (seen below) made the remark on Monday at a military…
Israeli police name Netanyahu confidants arrested in graft probe
YemenExtra
Y.A
Israeli police have revealed the names of two close associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who were arrested at the weekend as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe.
The police identified the pair as Nir…
“White Helmets” Preparing for New “Chemical Farce” in Eastern Ghouta: Report
YemenExtra
M.A.
“White Helmets”, a suspicious self-proclaimed civil defense group, is preparing for a new “chemical farce” in Eastern Ghouta, aimed at distorting the image of the Syrian government, Syrian Al-Ikhbariya reported on…
Erdogan: Turkish Army will encirle Afrin, speed up operation
YemenExtra
M.A.
“Turkish forces will encircle Afrin’s center in the upcoming days. Thus, we will cut out any external help, so that nobody could strike a secret bargain. We will show those, who want to create a terrorist corridor on…
Lavrov Calls on US “Not to Play with Fire in Syria”
YemenExtra
M.A.
Lavrov called on the US not to “play with fire” in Syria and emphasized that the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be preserved.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has voiced concern that US…
Iraqi court sentences Turkish woman to death over joining Daesh terror group
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Y.A
A court in Iraq has sentenced a female Turkish citizen to death and handed down life terms to ten other foreign women for membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and carrying out acts of terror in the…
Israel escalates Gaza attacks with new airstrike
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Israeli warplanes have bombed areas in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating tensions in region.
The Israeli military said the regime’s fighter jets hit alleged targets belonging to the Hamas…
Blast in Northeastern Syria Kills Five, Nearly a Dozen Injured
YemenExtra
M.A.
Terrorists’ bomb-laden car explosion in the city of Qamishli in Syria’s northeastern Al Hasakah province left five civilians killed and seven others wounded, the state-run SANA news agency reported citing a police source…