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A Houthi militia media officer checks a camera next to giant cranes, damaged by Saudi-led air strikes, at a container terminal at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen November 16, 2016.(Reuters)

Coalition: Houthis Target of Mokha Port in Yemen Threatens Cholera Aid Flow

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 30, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh– Houthi militias used a remote-controlled bombed boat to attack al-Mokha port on the west coast of Yemen on Saturday, without causing casualties. The boat collided with a naval pier near a group of ships, causing an explosion, according to a statement issued by...

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A Syrian looks at the rubble of his destroyed house in Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus in this file photo. AFP

‘Syrian Coalition’ Demands Listing ‘Kurdish Union’ as Terrorist

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2017 | Middle East

London, Geneva, Moscow- The “Syrian National Coalition” asked on Wednesday that the UN Security Council lists the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (YPD) and its US-backed military wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as terrorist organizations. “There is a public...

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Syrian regime forces secure a road for a military convoy in May 2017. AFP photo

Syrian ‘Drone’ Shot Down After Firing at Coalition Forces

by Paula Astih, Taha Abdel-Wahed | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow, Washington- The desert area in southern Syria witnessed on Thursday a new escalation between the Washington-led coalition and the Syrian regime and its linked militias after a US warplane shot down a pro-Assad drone that fired towards coalition forces...

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FILE PHOTO: A member of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) walks at the site after an air strike attack against ISIS triggered a massive explosion in Mosul, Iraq March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Pentagon Says Three Top ISIS Commanders Killed in Iraq, Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

Three senior ISIS military leaders and planners were killed in US-led coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria over the past two months, the coalition fighting the militants said in a statement released by the Pentagon on Friday. Mustafa Gunes, an ISIS operative from...

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JIAT’s Legal Advisor Mansour Al-Mansour talks during a news conference in Riyadh (SPA)

JIAT Says Coalition Unintentionally Hit 1 Yemen Target, Exonerates it from 3 Others

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Apr 3, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh, London- The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) on Yemen has held the Arab Coalition responsible for an unintentional airstrike in Hajjah, but exonerated it from three other airstrikes. The JIAT urged coalition forces to apologize for their unintentional...