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Seven fighters killed in Israeli strikes on Syria: monitor

Seven fighters, including two Syrian soldiers, were killed in Israeli strikes Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Five pro-Iranian fighters were killed in a strike on a military center belonging to pro-Tehran militias" on the Sokhna-Deir Ezzor road in eastern Syria,...

Israeli police say Palestinian shot dead at checkpoint

A Palestinian man was shot dead Tuesday at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank after driving his car "quickly" towards a border officer, Israeli police said. The Palestinian was "shot and killed" at a checkpoint in Abu Dis, close to Jerusalem, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said....

Iran arrests members of student charity: report

An Iranian official confirmed Tuesday the arrest of three members of a student charity but denied the organisation's offices had been shut, ILNA news agency reported. "The recent arrest of three members of Imam Ali's (Popular Students Relief) Society was done based on a court order," Zahra...