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Latest in Region
About 35 killed in Houthi attack on military parade in Yemen
The parade in the southern port city of Aden was targeted by missiles and an armed drone, a Houthi-run TV channel said on Thursday.
Al-Bashir’s trial postponed, no new trial date has been set
Crowds of students launched demonstrations against death of 5 students at schoolchildren’s rally on Monday
Israel approves construction of 715 housing units for Palestinians, 6,000 for settlers
Israeli army arrested 14 Palestinians in West Bank, denies summoning a child
LNA claims responsibility for Tripoli “hospital attack”, US calls for ceasefire
Some of the alleged strike’s victims were previously imprisoned over terrorism charges, says LNA spokesperson
OHCHR urges Security Council to stop Syrian bloodshed
Lowcock added that many hundreds more have been injured and over 440,000 displaced and dozens of civilians killed or injured by shelling of the Security Council-listed terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the non-state armed groups associated with them.
US Senate fails to override Trump’s veto for selling arms to Saudi Arabia
The Monday vote which aimed to override Trump’s vetoes has failed by 45 to 40, as to block Trump’s veto the Senate needed a two-thirds vote.
UN calls for Libya ceasefire; EU condemns airstrikes against civilian infrastructure
Number of Turkish military personnel injured in LNA’s airstrike in Misrata
Al-Burhan condemns killing of 5 schoolchildren who protested against bread shortage
Protest leaders called for suspension of talks with the military council
Britain condemns Tripoli’s hospital attack, LNA continues strikes on Misrata
Pope Francis offered prayers for Libya’s shipwreck victims
Five doctors killed in airstrike on hospital in south Tripoli
The Ministry of Health condemned the airstrike, saying that such attacks on medical institutions violates all local and international laws and conventions.
Egypt condemns Mogadishu’s suicide attack
Capital’s mayor was seriously injured in attack, dozens killed
RSF accused of crimes against humanity: Sudan’s investigators
Protest leaders reject results of committee, request independent one
Essebsi: The veteran politician who led Tunisia to democracy
“He championed national consensus, women’s rights, full access of all Tunisians to country’s democratic processes,” says scholar
62 drowned off Libyan coast in worst Mediterranean tragedy
Rescued migrants should not be sent to detention centres, says UNHCR spokesperson
Palestine’s Abbas abruptly withdraws from all agreement with Israel
‘Jerusalem is not for sale or bartering. It is not a real-state deal,” says Palestinian President
LNA strikes GNA-linked targets in Misrata
Raid allegedly target Turkish military presence at Libyan airbase
Tunisians, world leaders bid farewell to President Essebsi
French President, Algeria’s interim president among attended funeral
GNA seizes Italian fishing boat off Libya
The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, said that the fishing vessel was taken to the port of Misrata city, controlled by the GNA.
Israel targets Syrian army bases in rocket attack
The SOHR indicated there are losses among the Syrian side, without giving further details.
Egypt condemns Israeli aggressions in Jerusalem
Israeli forces demolished number of Palestinian homes in Wadi Hums
Mitiga airport halts air traffic after air strikes on Tripoli
Despite the airport’s authorities not providing further details about the attack.
Ready to implement Cairo-sponsored reconciliation deal: Abbas
Abbas renews his rejection of Trump’s “deal of the century”
LNA took down 8 Turkish drones near Tripoli
According to the media centre of the military operation of ‘El-Karma’ (Dignity) launched against militias of the GNA, eight Turkish drones were targeted by LNA air defence forces since the beginning of the operation.
Libya’s largest oil field shut down
El Sharara oil field is located at the south-western Murzuq Desert.
Algerian protesters return to streets demanding reforms
Protesters seek more freedoms, the removal of remaining symbols of old guard
Sudan’s army chief-of-staff in Cairo to enhance military cooperation
According to a statement released from the army’s spokesperson through his official Facebook page, the meeting was part of the activities of the six Egyptian-Sudanese committee that is taking place in Cairo.
LNA attempts to retake Tripoli, GNA says it halted onslaught
However, officials from the GNA announced that it pushed back the attack, in statements to the Anatolia news agency on Friday.
Al-Sisi congratulates Sudanese people on signing power-sharing deal
Egyptian President received Sudan’s army chief of staff in Cairo
Air-to-air missile seized in Italy was sold 25 years ago: Qatar
The Italian police reported that an air-to-air missile belonging to the Qatari armed forces was found during raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers in a statement on Monday.
Houthis strike Saudi’s Jizan airport with drone
Yemen is facing world’s largest humanitarian crisis