DAMASCUS -- Syrian security forces arrested a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group during a security operation in the countryside of Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state media reported ... (Syria-IS Senior Leader-Arrest). - - - - ... - - - - ... - - - -.
ANKARA/TRIPOLI -- Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed al-Haddad, and four other military officials were killed when their business jet crashed south of Ankara on Tuesday evening, Libyan and Turkish authorities said ... - - - - ... - - - - ... - - - -.
JERUSALEM -- Israel's security cabinet has approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, bringing the number of settlements legalized or approved over the past three years to 69, an official said on Sunday ... - - - - ... 15.
SANAA -- A UN spokesperson said on Thursday that Yemen's Houthi group had detained another 10 UN staff members in Sanaa, raising the total number of UN personnel held by the group to 69 ... (Yemen-Houthis-UN Staff). - - - - ... (Sudan-Darfur-Civilian Deaths).
Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Bandar Alkhorayef said the decision underscored continued government support for industry and would help boost competitiveness and expand the reach of non-oil exports in global markets, SPA said ... - - - -.
ADEN, Yemen -- Saudi Arabia has suspended the issuance of permits for ships to enter the port of Aden in southern Yemen, amid heightened political and military tensions, a local official from Yemen's Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday ... - - - -.
ANKARA -- Türkiye said it shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) approaching its airspace over the Black Sea on Monday ... (Türkiye-Black Sea-Unmanned AerialVehicle). - - - - ... (Yemen-STC-Military Operation). - - - - ... - - - -.
The state-run SANA news agency said in a brief report that the shooting targeted Internal Security Forces in Maarat al-Numan, leaving four dead and one wounded, without providing further details. (Syria-Shooting-Security Forces). - - - - ... - - - -.
DAMASCUS -- Two Syrian security personnel, two U.S. service members, and one U.S. civilian were killed Saturday in an attack on a joint Syrian-U.S. patrol near the ancient city of Palmyra, Syrian authorities and the U.S. Central Command reported ... - - - -.
Husam Badran, a member of Hamas' political bureau, told Xinhua that the force's role should remain "limited, clear, and agreed upon," and must not undermine Palestinian national decision-making ... (Hamas-Gaza-International Force). - - - - ... - - - -.
RABAT -- The death toll from the collapse of two residential buildings in the Moroccan city of Fez has risen to 22, the public prosecutor said on Wednesday, revising an earlier figure of 19 ...Women and children were among the victims ... - - - - ... - - - -.
GAZA -- Hamas leader Hossam Badran said Tuesday that progress to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement depends on Israel ending its violations ... (Hamas-Israel-Gaza Ceasefire). - - - - ... (Iraq-Hezbollah-Houthis-Asset FreezeRemoval). - - - -.