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Added on the 05/06/2021 21:48:46 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The Pentagon says a US warplane kills multiple Iranian-backed militiamen in Iraq after they fired a short-range ballistic missile at American and allied personnel in the country. "This self-defense strike resulted in some hostile fatalities," Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Iraqi children living in the Debaga refugee camp on the outskirts of Erbil hope to go back to school after years of living under strict Islamic State rule.
Houthi officials say Saudi-led warplanes killed at least 82 people when they struck mourners at a hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday. Nathan Frandino reports.
No one is injured, but more than 70 tents are destroyed when fire breaks out in a refugee camp near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Diane Hodges reports.
A suicide bomber has killed at least seven people north of Baghdad, security and medical sources say. Nathan Frandino reports.
Guards at a Shi'ite shrine north of Baghdad die when they grab at least one of the attackers, but are unable to prevent at least one other from getting past a checkpoint at a revered Shi'ite shrine. Diane Hodges reports.