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Iraqi protesters storm parliament for the second time this weekThousands of demonstrators, who are the followers of influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, used ropes to pull down cement barricades leading to the gate of Iraq's Green Zone.WorldJul 30, 2022
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Suicide bombing kills at least 63 at Shi’ite Muslim mosque in PakistanThe Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement, which would make it one of the biggest attacks carried out by the group inside Pakistan.WorldMar 5, 2022
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Hezbollah leader welcomes France’s help but says Macron can’t act like Lebanon’s rulerIn a televised address, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the heavily armed, Iran-backed Hezbollah remained ready for dialog under the French roadmap to pull the nation out of financial meltdown. But he called for reviewing what he called "patronizing behavior."PoliticsSep 29, 2020
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5 rockets crash into riverbank near U.S. embassy in Iraq as protests rageAt least 22 demonstrators were reported wounded by Iraqi security forces, as the street rallies continued to grow in size.WorldJan 26, 2020
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Yemen’s civil war has done $14B of damage to infrastructure and economy: reportThe cost from damage to infrastructure and economic losses in Yemen's civil war is more than $14 billion so far, according to a confidential report seen by Reuters.WorldAug 17, 2016
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UN warns that 7.6 million Yemenis are ‘one step’ from famineThe director of U.N. humanitarian operations is warning that 7.6 million people in conflict-torn Yemen face severe food shortages and are "one step" from famine.WorldMay 17, 2016
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Bombings kill 93 in Iraqi capital’s bloodiest day this yearIn the deadliest violence in Baghdad this year, three car bombs claimed by the Islamic State group killed 93 people across the Iraqi capital Wednesday.WorldMay 11, 2016
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Bombings kill 31 as Iraq grapples with political crisis- Two car bombs in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Sunday killed 31 people and wounded dozens, the latest in a series of large attacks claimed by the Islamic State group as the country grapples with a worsening political crisis.WorldApr 30, 2016
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U.S.-supplied bomb used in airstrike that killed at least 119 in Yemen: reportA Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen used a U.S.-supplied bomb in an airstrike last month on a market that killed at least 119 people.WorldApr 7, 2016
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Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi Arabia, IranIraq on Wednesday offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran after tensions soared following the kingdom's execution of a Shiite cleric and attacks on two Saudi diplomatic posts in the Islamic Republic.WorldJan 6, 2016
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