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Explosion kills 3 mine clearance experts in Yemen

Three foreign mine clearance experts were killed in an explosion in Yemen’s eastern Marib city on Sunday, according to a local source.  A number of mines exploded inside the Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance MASAM in the city, the source with the center told Anadolu Agency. ...

Syria opposition chief says peace efforts 'paralysed'

Syria's opposition chief on Saturday said peace efforts were "paralysed" amid a lack of will from key international powers, after meeting the latest UN envoy tasked with ending the civil war. Norwegian Geir Pedersen replaced Staffan de Mistura this month to become the fourth United Nations...

Egyptian, French leaders to meet in Cairo this month

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will hold talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Cairo by the end of this month, according to Egyptian media.  Talks between the two leaders will focus on stability in the Middle East and bilateral relations, the state-run Akhbar...

Six civilians dead in US-led strike on Daesh: monitor

Four children were among at least six civilians killed in a US-led air strike on the Islamic State group's embattled enclave in eastern Syria, a monitor said on Saturday. The Friday strike on the Euphrates Valley village of Baghouz killed 10 IS fighters as well as the six civilians, the...