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Armed man killed in gunfire exchange near US consulate in Saudi Arabia
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Two people were killed when an armed man exchanged fire with Saudi Arabian security authorities…
Multiple killed in Syria following Russia’s airstrike
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Multiple killed on Monday in northern Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province as a result of Russian…
Aramco, TotalEnergies sign $11 billion contract to build petrochemicals complex in Saudi Arabia
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) (2222.SE) and TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) have signed an $11 billion contract to start building a new…
Drone strike hits Syrian president’s ancestral town
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A drone attack targeted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ancestral town of Qardaha on Friday with…
Jordan says it downs second drone from Syria this week
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Jordanian army shot down a drone carrying weapons from Syria on Friday, the military…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister to visit Iran on Saturday
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, will visit Tehran on Saturday, Iran’s semi-official…
Top US diplomat says Bahrain, Iran likely to restore diplomatic ties soon
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Bahrain, which cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2016 a day after Saudi Arabia did…
Twenty-two US troops injured in Syria helicopter accident: military
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least twenty-two US service members were injured in a helicopter accident in northeast Syria…
Alleged Turkish attack kills Russian soldier in Syria
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Russian soldier was reportedly killed in Syria on Monday as a result of an…
Explosion at Turkish firearms factory kills five
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least five workers died after an explosion rocked a rocket and explosive factory in…
Turkey seizes $1 billion of counterfeit money headed for Africa
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people…
Turkish police arrest nine suspects on alleged terror charges
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish police on Thursday arrested nine suspects on alleged link to the Daesh/ISIS terror group…