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Iran rejects as 'lies' unrest death tolls given abroad

Iran on Tuesday rejected as "utter lies" unofficial casualty figures given for street violence that erupted last month during demonstrations against a shock decision to hike fuel prices. Protests erupted in Iran on November 15 after the announcement that petrol prices were going up by as...

Syrian pound at new low as crisis roils neighboring Lebanon

The Syrian pound hit a record low Monday amid the country’s grinding civil war, now in its ninth year, and as a financial and political crisis roils neighboring Lebanon, Syria’s economic lung. When Syria’s conflict erupted in March 2011, a dollar was valued at 47 pounds. On Monday, it...

Yemen: 217 civilians killed in port city despite truce

More than 215 civilians have been killed and over 2,000 injured since a ceasefire came into effect late last year in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Al-Hudaydah, a militia that fights for the Yemeni government announced Monday. The press office of al-Weyat al-Amaliqa, or the Giants Brigades,...

Iraq: Injuries feared as police, protesters clash

A large number of protesters in southern Iraq tried to enter the provincial assembly building, causing injuries, a security source said early Tuesday. Lt. Hani al-Haydari from the Karbala police told Anadolu Agency that the demonstrators attempted to enter the assembly building for the...