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Eastern Libya forces say 16 Turkish soldiers killed in fighting

Forces loyal to Libyan eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Sunday they had killed 16 Turkish soldiers in recent weeks, a day after Turkey acknowledged it had lost several “martyrs” in combat in the north African country. Khalid al-Mahjoub, a spokesman for Haftar’s...

Saudi-led coalition says Yemen rebel depots hit in Sanaa

The Saudi-led coalition said it launched air raids Sunday targeting ballistic missile and drone depots in Yemen's capital of the Iran-backed Huthis, two days after the rebels fired missiles into the kingdom. Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the coalition fighting alongside Yemen's...

Arab-led coalition says foiled Red Sea attack by Yemen's Houthis

Naval forces from the Arab-led coalition fighting in Yemen Sunday foiled an "imminent terrorist" attack by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea, a major commercial shipping channel, the Saudi-led coalition said. The forces destroyed an unmanned boat laden with explosives...

Egypt court acquits Mubarak's sons over stock exchange case

An Egyptian court on Saturday acquitted two sons of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and six others in a case known in the Egyptian media as stock exchange manipulation. A judicial official told AFP that the Cairo criminal court decided to acquit Alaa and Gamal Mubarak and the other...