Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 3

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TEHRAN -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday urged the United States and Europe to help end war in Yemen, official IRNA news agency reported.

"The Yemen war has had no achievements, but destruction, death, hatred and threats to the territorial integrity of the country," Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi Abdullah in Tehran(Iran-Yeman War)

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ADEN -- Yemen's pro-government forces said Tuesday that "around 217 civilians were killed by the Houthi rebels" in the port city of Hodeidah since the declaration of a UN-brokered cease-fire last year.

Statistics revealed that nearly 2,152 others were injured during many cease-fire breaches committed by Houthis in Hodeidah within one year, according to the media center of the pro-government Giants Brigades (Yeman-Civilian Killed)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that Iran is ready to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia, official IRNA news agency reported.

"From Iran's points of view, there is no problem in developing ties with neighbors and resuming relations with Saudi Arabia," Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Omani Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Alawi in Tehran (Iran-Saudi Arabia)

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BAGHDAD, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Five rockets hit an airbase that houses U.S. troops in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.

The rockets struck the Ain al-Asad airbase, where hundreds of U.S. troops are stationed, but caused no casualties, the media office affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement (Iraq-U.S. Troops) Enditem

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