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Iraq 'surprised' at US sanctions for top official

Iraq voiced surprise Saturday after the US Treasury imposed "unacceptable" sanctions against Faleh Fayyadh, leader of the state-sponsored Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful pro-Iranian paramilitary network. Fayyadh is one of the most senior Iraqi state officials to be placed on the US...

Palestine leader freed from Israeli jail after 18 years

A Palestinian political leader jailed for the past 18 years was released from an Israeli prison on Thursday night. Hassan Fatafta, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was arrested in 2003 over accusations that he was planning assassinations of Israelis....

7 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli army

At least seven Palestinians were injured and dozens of others suffered suffocation in the occupied West Bank on Friday as the Israeli army used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters, eyewitnesses said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, the eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians...

Iran’s supreme leader bans import of US, UK vaccines

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Friday said the COVID-19 vaccines produced in the US and the UK are banned in Iran, asserting he does not trust their efficacy. His remarks came during a televised speech on the occasion marking the 42nd anniversary of the uprising against the...