ADEN, Yemen -- Saudi Arabia has suspended the issuance of permits for ships to enter the port of Aden in southern Yemen, amid heightened political and military tensions, a local official from Yemen's Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspension affects the Aden port, which is controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), but stressed that the motives behind the move remain unclear. (Saudi Arabia-Yemen Ship Permits-Suspension)
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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- Two people were killed and five others injured Tuesday afternoon in Israeli airstrikes targeting vehicles in southern Lebanon and the Chouf area of Mount Lebanon, according to official and security sources.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone struck a car between the villages of Markaba and Adaisseh in southern Lebanon's border area. Another drone attack hit a pickup truck in Sebline village of Chouf district. (Lebanon-Israeli Strike)
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TRIPOLI -- Thirty-two Bangladeshi migrants were rescued Tuesday after their boat capsized off the coast of the northeastern Libyan town of Al-Haniya, the Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar branch of Libya's Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency said in a statement.
The agency reported that all migrants aboard the vessel were rescued and transferred to the Al-Bayda detention and reception center, where they received first aid and necessary medical care. Some of the migrants sustained minor injuries. (Libya-Migrants-Rescue)
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DAMASCUS -- Syrian security forces have dismantled an Islamic State (IS) cell responsible for a series of deadly attacks on security and military patrols in the country's northwest, the interior authorities said on Tuesday, amid a recent uptick in security incidents across the country.
In a statement, the authorities said the Internal Security Command in Idlib province, working in coordination with the Counterterrorism Department of the General Intelligence Service, carried out a "precise security operation" that led to the arrest of an IS-affiliated cell involved in multiple terrorist attacks in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. (Syria-IS Cell-Dismantle) ■
