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Syrian mercenaries complain about stolen salaries after fighting in Karabakh: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:50 A.M.) - The Syrian mercenaries that took part in the Karabakh conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces...
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Russian Air Force destroys ISIS headquarters in central Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - Friday morning witnessed intense operational efforts by the Russian warplanes, following mobile monitoring operations and...
Read moreRussia and Iran setup mission to secure supply shipments to Syria: media
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 P.M.) - Private sources revealed to Sputnik Arabic about the establishment of an operations room (Russian, Iranian,...
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Iranian commander claims Iran has the largest helicopter fleet in the Middle East
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:00 A.M.) - The commander of the Iranian Air Force, Brigadier General Yousef Qorbani, revealed that his forces...
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Russian MoD says effectiveness of weapons tested in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:40 A.M.) - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu confirmed that the military operations in Syria helped the Russian...
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Israel warns it will do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons
Israel is ready to do "whatever it takes" to quash Tehran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi...
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Man behind nuclear facility incident has been identified: Iranian TV
On Sunday, the Natanz nuclear site was hit by an attack, which was slammed by Tehran as an act of...
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Houthi forces announce attack on ‘sensitive military target’ at Saudi airbase
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:45 P.M.) - On Saturday, Yemen's Ansarallah Movement (Houthi forces) announced that it had launched an attack by...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader calls on military to raise its readiness after nuclear reactor incident
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:20 P.M.) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called on the Iranian army to raise its readiness to...
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Watch: Russian suicide drone attack militants in Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) - The Russian Veste channel published a video showing the use of the Russian Lancet suicide...
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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Russian forces thwart HTS terrorist plot in Crimea
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 P.M.) - The Russian Federal Security Service announced the arrest of two supporters of the jihadist group,...
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Attack 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...
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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...
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Iran accuses Israel of being behind nuclear facility attack
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 P.M.) - Iran accused Israel of being behind the attack that targeted, on Sunday, the Natanz nuclear...
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Saddam Hussein’s daughter accuses ‘alliance of evil’ of handing Iraq to Iran in 2003
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:20 P.M.) - On Friday, Raghad Saddam Hussein, daughter of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, sent a...
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Israel ‘will not allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon’: Netanyahu
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:00 P.M.) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his country "will not allow Iran...
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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Video footage of alleged Russian strikes on HTS training camp
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:45 P.M.) - The YouTube channel, Russian Spring, posted a new video on April 7th that showed alleged...
Read moreIran to introduce 1,000 centrifuges at recently attacked nuclear facility
Iran will introduce 1,000 more centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear site, Chief Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Abbas Araghchi has said. Iran...
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Egypt prepares to unveil new ‘Octagon’ defense headquarters: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) - Egyptian military sources reportedly told RT Arabic this week that Egypt is preparing to open...
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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...
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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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 moreLebanon 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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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 moreIran 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 moreIraqi forces blow up large ISIS ammo dump in northwest Iraq
BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) - On Friday, the Security Media Cell in Iraq said that a large warehouse of filled...
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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,...
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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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...
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King Abdullah II sends message to Jordanian people
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 P.M.) - On Wednesday, King Abdullah II of Jordan sent a letter to the Division about the...
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...
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Iran comments on possible discussion of ‘handing over Soleimani’s killers’ with the US
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh stated that Iranian courts are carefully looking into the...
Read moreThe Daily Brief 2021-04-02
This is a summary of 4 AMN articles on the following subjects: Houthi, Marib, Yemen, Iran, Jordan, Houthii, Saudi, Syria....
Read moreUS defense chief says India should forgo buying Russia’s S-400 system to avoid sanctions
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III has urged Indian leaders to avoid buying Russian defence equipment, including S-400s,...
Read moreSyria 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,...
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Red Cross president calls on Western, Arab nations to lift sanctions against Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:15 A.M.) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Marrero, confirmed that the...
Read moreThe Daily Brief 2021-04-02
This is a summary of 4 AMN articles on the following subjects: Houthi, Marib, Yemen, Iran, Jordan, Houthii, Saudi, Syria....
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Moment Saudi F-15 jet shoots down Houthi drone: video
A newly surfaced video captures the dramatic encounter on a mountainous terrain where a Saudi F-15 fighter jet intercepted a...
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Syrian Army continues to use Russian-supplied BPM-97 armored vehicle: photos
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues to use the Russian armored vehicle, the Vystrel (BPM-97), ...
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Syrian Foreign Minister makes official visit to Oman
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - On Friday, state-owned Syrian TV announced the arrival of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Miqdad and...
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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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Satellite images show dozens of ships backed up at Suez Canal
Recently released satellite images of the maritime jam on both sides of the temporarily closed Suez Canal show more than...
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Turkish military trains Libyan forces with T-155 howitzers
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - Turkish military specialists in Libya are training soldiers from the Libyan Government of National Accord...
Read moreFrench aircraft carrier group enters Persian Gulf
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) - The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in the Gulf waters as part of...
Read moreHigh-ranking ISIS commander arrested in northeast Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - The Kurdish-led Asayish forces announced the arrest of nine Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) members, including a...
Read moreUS provides new equipment to Iraqi forces: video
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) - The U.S.-led Coalition has provided the Iraqi Armed Forces with new equipment for their Ain...
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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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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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Syrian President orders 25 tons of oxygen be given to Lebanon
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 P.M.) - On Wednesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad directed that 25 tons of oxygen be given to...
Read moreHouthi forces attempt to advance in key district of west Marib
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 A.M.) - The Houthi forces continued their offensive in western Marib this week, in an attempt to...
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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...
Read moreThe Daily Brief 2021-04-02
This is a summary of 4 AMN articles on the following subjects: Houthi, Marib, Yemen, Iran, Jordan, Houthii, Saudi, Syria....
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Bashar Al-Assad meets with Russian presidential delegation in Damascus
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:40 P.M.) - Damascus and Moscow discussed on Thursday, the intensification of bilateral action and exerting efforts to...
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Erdogan accuses Syrian military of launching rockets into Turkey
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Syrian Armed Forces of firing rockets into a...
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Russian strikes wear down ISIS movements in central Syria
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) - The Russian Aerospace Forces continued their air campaign over central and eastern Syria this weekend,...
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Houthi forces claim attack on ‘sensitive and important sites’ in Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 P.M.) - On Thursday, Yemen's Houthi forces (var. Ansarallah) announced that it carried out a new attack...
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Saudi minister accuses Iran of being involved in latest Houthi attacks
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - The Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, accused Iran of being involved...
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Houthi forces launch another drone attack on Saudi airbase
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:20 P.M.) - The Ansarallah Movement (Houthi forces) announced on Friday evening that it had targeted the Saudi...
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