TEHRAN -- Thousands of Iranians held rallies in Tehran on Sunday to mark the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the former U.S. embassy in the capital city.

The demonstrators took to the streets and gathered outside the former U.S. embassy in central Tehran, now named "den of espionage." (Iran-US-Embassy Seizure)

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CAIRO -- Egypt's Interior Ministry announced on Sunday the killing of 19 militants involved in a terrorist attack that left at least seven Copts dead in Upper Egypt's province of Minya on Friday.

In a statement, the ministry said the terrorists were killed in a fire exchange with security forces in a mountainous area in Minya's western desert. (Egypt-Terrorists-Deadly-Attack)

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ADEN -- The pro-government Yemeni forces on Sunday advanced in the Red Sea coastal city of Hodeidah controlled by the Shiite Houthi rebels after two days of intense battles, local sources said.

The government forces of the Giants Brigades captured new sites from the Houthi gunmen amid a wide-scale offensive to capture the strategic port city. (Yemen-Houthis-Hodeidah)

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DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed on Sunday the formation of the constitutional committee with the visiting Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev.

Lavrentiev's visit came days after Russia, Turkey, Germany, and France held a summit in Turkey's Istanbul to discuss the formation of the committee. (Syria-Russia-Meeting) Enditem

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