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Yemen rebel rocket kills policeman on Saudi border

Rocket fire by Yemeni rebels killed a policeman and wounded a civilian on the Saudi side of the border, the civil defence department said late Wednesday. They were the latest casualties inside the kingdom since Saudi Arabia began leading an Arab military coalition that intervened in its...

Israel prevents EU lawmakers from entering Gaza Strip

Five European parliamentarians said Wednesday that Israeli authorities had prevented them from entering the Gaza Strip. “The refusal of access to Gaza by the Israeli authorities to the European Parliament on arbitrary grounds is unacceptable,” Cypriot MEP Neoklis Sylikiotis declared in a...

Iraqi security forces storm Mosul airport

U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the ISIS-held western half of Mosul stormed the city's main airport and a nearby military base Thursday, state television said. "Rapid response forces, federal police and anti-terrorism forces stormed Mosul airport... and an al-Ghazlani...

Iraq forces poised for Mosul airport assault

Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing extremist positions in a renewed offensive to retake ISIS' emblematic stronghold. Elite forces reinforced positions that were taken since a fresh push south of Mosul was launched on Sunday while hundreds of...