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3 people injured in attack on US embassy in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 27 Jan 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: At least three people were injured in a missile attack that struck the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Monday. Unidentified persons launched five Katyusha rockets landed early Monday in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Iraq’s capital, some of which directly struck the U.S. Embassy which led to the burning of a restaurant inside the embassy compound, according to the security source. "The shelling that targeted the American Embassy building and its surroundings wounded three people who were evacuated immediately by the American side," the police source told Anadolu Agency in condition of anonymity due to restrictions to speak to media. The source did not mention the nationality of the injured people nor the severity of their injuries. "The

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Hamas: Israeli 'war prisoners' wounded by 2019 bombing

GAZA, 06 Feb 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Hamas on Wednesday said several "Israeli prisoners" had been wounded during attacks launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip in May 2019. In a Telegram message, Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas's military arm, said: "We announce that during the May 2019 aggression on the Gaza Strip when the enemy bombed civilian and security buildings, a number of Israeli war prisoners were directly wounded." Without revealing the location, fate or number of the wounded "prisoners," he added that "We are careful not to reveal their fate at this stage." "We promise our heroic [Palestinian prisoners'] families to do everything we can to liberate them [Palestinian prisoners] by all means," he said, alleging that Israel "ignored" its prisoners in

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Saudi Arabia announces Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic

ISTANBUL, 09 April 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces declared Wednesday a two-week long cease-fire in Yemen starting from Thursday amid coronavirus outbreak, according to local media.    The cease-fire could be extended, the official SPA news agency quoted coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki as saying.   Maliki said the move supports Yemeni government’s decision to accept the cease-fire call by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths to curb the spread of coronavirus.   Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa.   The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial

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