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Russian MiG-31 intercepts hypersonic weapons for first time ever in the Arctic
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - For the first time ever, supersonic weapons interceptors and their carriers were being trained in...
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Revolution, announced...
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Russian-made Su-30MKM fighter jets fly over US aircraft carrier: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) - US sailors photographed the flight of a Russian-made Su-30MKM fighter flying over the deck of...
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Large number of Arab tribesmen join Syrian government forces: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:10 P.M.) - A large group of Arab tribesmen in the eastern governorate of Al-Hasakah have joined the...
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Iranian vice president claims incident at Natanz reactor was ‘nuclear terrorism’
Iran's Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi has announced that Tehran is treating today's incident involving Natanz nuclear plant's power grid as...
Read moreNew incident reported at Iranian nuclear reactor’s power grid
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) - A spokesman for the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, Behrouz Kamalvandi, announced on Sunday that an...
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Houthi forces announce new drone strikes on 2 Saudi airports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 A.M.) - The Houthi forces, also known as the Ansarallah Movement, announced that it had targeted the...
Read moreIraqi PM confirms death of high-ranking ISIS commander in special operation
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) - The Iraqi Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, said this week that the Iraqi security...
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Russia warns Turkey against encouraging ‘militarism’ in Ukraine
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:40 P.M.) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Monday that Moscow has warned Turkey and other...
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Iran reveals new details about the attack on its ship
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The Iranian website, Noor News, revealed new details about the attack on the Iranian ship...
Read moreTurkey says US deploying warships to Black Sea: NTV
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) - The Turkish media reported on Friday that the United States had officially informed Turkey that...
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Israeli forces strike rural Damascus from Lebanese airspace
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) announced on Thursday morning that its air defenses responded to...
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Iraqi adviser says half of US advisers have left Iraq
Some 2,700 military advisers out of 5,200 have left Iraq amid the ongoing US pullout, and any foreign troops remaining...
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‘We monitor the enemy’s movements beyond our borders’: Iranian air defense commander
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 P.M.) - The commander of the Iranian air defense, Brigadier General Ali Sabahi Fard, said on Saturday,...
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Video footage of Syrian Army troops training to storm enemy positions
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) - A new video was released this week showing the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) training to...
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Turkish military aircraft crashes in Aegean
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - On Friday, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that a military plane had crashed at...
Read moreISIS leader was prison informer in Iraq before joining terrorist group: WP
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) - According to a recent report published by Washington Post, Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Qurashi, the successor...
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Syrian Army shoots down Turkish drone in Idlib, 10th in 3 days: photo
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has shot down another Turkish military drone over the Idlib...
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Lebanese minister reveals contact between Aoun and Assad on maritime border
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) - Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe revealed on Tuesday that President Michel Aoun called Syrian President...
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Ukrainian President to meet with Erdogan in Istanbul
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - The Turkish presidency announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive in Istanbul tomorrow his...
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Lebanon condemns Israel’s use of its airspace to attack Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:20 P.M.) - The Lebanese Foreign Ministry condemned the Israeli air attack on the vicinity of the Syrian...
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Iran launches new uranium enrichment centrifuges
Tehran has started up new uranium enrichment centrifuges, Iranian state TV reported on Saturday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially inaugurated...
Read moreAttack on Iranian nuclear facility was planned ‘long before’ Vienna talks: media
Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility was hit in what officials have called an “act of nuclear terrorism” on Sunday. Israeli...
Read moreRussian FM comments on possibility of new ‘Middle Eastern NATO’
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:40 P.M.) Commenting on the existence of trends towards establishing a NATO alliance in the Middle East and...
Read morePakistan holds naval exercises with Iran, air drills with US and Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) - Two Pakistani warships arrived on Saturday at the Bandar Abbas port in southern Iran, in...
Read moreHouthi forces announce drone strike on ‘sensitive site’ at Saudi airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - The Houthi forces, also known as the Ansarallah Movement, in Yemen announced that its forces...
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Former Jordanian PM accuses Iran of attempting to spread its revolution to Jordan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - The former Jordanian Prime Minister, Fayez Al-Tarawneh, said that Iran tried to export its revolution...
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Iran reinforces border regions with new systems
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:50 P.M.) - An Iranian military official announced on Wednesday that his country will take a new move...
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Saudi Arabia rejects Iran’s presence in Syria, demands end of ‘sectarian project’
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:30 P.M.) - The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, discussed the Syrian...
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Syrian Army reinforcements pour into central Syria for operation against ISIS: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - A new convoy of Syrian Arab Army (SAA) reinforcements was observed heading to the Badiya...
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The Daily Brief 2021-03-14
This is a summary of 2 AMN articles on the following subjects: Houthis, Yemen, Crete, Greece, Saudi. Categories covered in...
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The Daily Brief 2021-03-29
This is a summary of 1 AMN articles on the following subjects: Iran, IRGC. Categories covered in this brief: Iran...
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Egyptian FM comments on question about Syria’s return to the Arab League
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 P.M.) - On Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry commented on the return of Syria to the...
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Iran and China sign historic $600 billion strategic partnership agreement
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed the much-anticipated Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement...
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Iran confirms release of South Korean ship
BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) - The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed on Friday, the release of...
Read moreIranian tanker carrying 1 million barrels of oil arrives in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) - A source in the Syrian Oil Transport Company confirmed to RT Arabic on Wednesday that...
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Saudi Arabia requested drones from Turkey: Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Tuesday, as reported by RT Arabic, that "Saudi...
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Syria at top of the agenda for Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers: IRNA
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu,...
Read moreThe Daily Brief 2021-03-31
This is a summary of 7 AMN articles on the following subjects: Azerbaijan, Erdogan, Turkey, Iran, Saudi, Syria, MiddleEast, NATO,...
Read moreLibyan Army grants Turkish ships access to eastern Libya ports
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - The General Command of the Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced...
Read moreIran to begin testing cooling systems at Arak nuclear reactor: Reuters
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) - The Reuters News Agency reported on Friday that Iran will test the cooling systems of...
Read moreUS aircraft carrier reaches Greek island of Crete
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:35 P.M.) - The US aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, arrived at the Marathi naval base on...
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Syrian authorities release 46 prisoners amid heightened tensions in Daraa
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:10 P.M.) - The Syrian authorities released 46 rebel prisoners in the Daraa Governorate, in the context of...
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The Daily Brief 2021-03-24
This is a summary of 3 AMN articles on the following subjects: Israel, Latakia, Syria, Tartous, Assad, Lebanon. Categories covered...
Read moreHouthi forces attempt to advance inside strategic district in Marib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:50 P.M.) - The Ansarallah Movement (var. Houthi forces) attempted to advance inside a strategic district located in...
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US, allies oppose Syrian presidential election, blame Assad for 10 years of war
The statement from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas,...
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Houthi forces target Saudi airbase for 2nd time in last 24 hours
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) - On Tuesday, Yemen's Ansarallah Movement (Houthi forces) announced the targeting of the King Khalid Airbase...
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Houthi forces launch new attack on Saudi airport
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 P.M.) - The Yemeni Ansarallah Movement (Houthi forces) announced this evening, Thursday, that it had attacked an...
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Biden administration must work to ‘end the tragedy in Syria’: Erdogan
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the administration of US President Joe Biden to...
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US sanctions Turkey for ‘significant’ transaction with Russia: State Dept.
Cooperation between Turkey and Russia in defense and intelligence has never been met with enthusiasm by the United States. Particularly,...
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Venezuelan Attorney General accuses Juan Guaido of embezzling state funds abroad
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:30 A.M.) - Venezuelan Attorney General Tariq William Saab announced that opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who declared himself ...
Read moreIRGC announces thwarting of terrorist attack in southwest Iran
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) - The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it had repulsed a "terrorist attack" in the southwestern...
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Saudi air defenses intercept Houthi drone attempting to launch new attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - The Saudi-led Arab Coalition announced on Saturday, the interception and destruction of a drone launched...
Read moreSyrian oil minister accuses US of ‘pirating’ oil, estimates Syria’s losses at $92 billion
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 A.M.) - The Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Bassam Tohme, said on Thursday, that the...
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Serbia hands over remains of US stealth plane shot down in 1999: Zvezda
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) - The Russian Zvezda channel reported on Saturday that the Serbian authorities handed over to a...
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Russian and Turkish defense ministers hold talks on Syria’s Idlib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 A.M.) - Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that he had held a phone conversation with his...
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Iranian commander vows to respond to the attack on Saviz ship in Red Sea
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:10 P.M.) - The Iranian Armed Forces vowed on Thursday that they would respond without any doubt to...
Read moreAssistant Secretary of Arab League reveals reason Syria’s membership remains suspended
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) - The Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ambassador Hussam Zaki, revealed the reasons...
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Syria awaiting oil delivery from vessel stuck at the Suez Canal
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) - The Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Bassam Tohme, said on Saturday that the...
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The Daily Brief 2021-03-25
This is a summary of 4 AMN articles on the following subjects: Russia, Syria, Houthi, Saudi, Yemen, Mediterraean, Iran, Israel....
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