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Israeli fire kills 26 near two aid centres in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli fire killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food...

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Clashes, arson persist in Syria despite ceasefire

Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria’s Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to ‘slaughter’ residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted...

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21 dead in Iran as coach overturns

At least 21 people were killed and nearly 30 injured when a coach overturned in southern Iran on Saturday, state media reported...

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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza

Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Friday that Israeli strikes killed 14 people in the north and south of the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

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New clashes rock Druze as tribal fighters reinforce Bedouin

Armed tribes supported by Syria’s Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community’s Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.

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60 killed in Iraq shopping mall fire

A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives.

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Syria troops quit Druze leaving bodies on streets

Syrian troops pulled out of the Druze heartland province of Sweida Thursday on orders from the Islamist-led government, leaving bodies strewn on the street, AFP journalists reported from the provincial capital.

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20 more killed at aid point in Khan Yunis

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said 20 people died at an aid point in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, blaming armed ‘agitators’ in the crowd.

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Drone attacks hit three north Iraq oil fields

Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday, Kurdish authorities said, a day after a similar attack halted operations at a US-run field.

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Israel bombs Syria army HQ

Israel said it bombed Syrian army headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the Druze minority alone in its Sweida heartland where a monitor says sectarian clashes have killed nearly 300 people.