DAMASCUS -- Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes Wednesday afternoon on the town of Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, southwest of Damascus, amid rising sectarian tensions and ongoing clashes in the area, Syrian state media reported.
According to Syrian state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV, the strikes caused injuries among civilians, including members of the Druze community, who have been at the center of recent unrest near the capital. The report did not specify the number or severity of casualties. (Syria-Israeli Airstrike-Casualties)
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TEHRAN -- Iran on Wednesday executed a "senior spy" of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported.
The executed, identified as Mohsen Langarneshin, was convicted of providing field and technical support for Mossad's operations in Iran, including the assassination of Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, in Tehran in May 2022, the report said. (Iran-Mossad Spy-Execution)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday it had downed a U.S. F-18 fighter jet during an earlier assault on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, and launched fresh drone attacks over the past 24 hours targeting another U.S. carrier and Israeli cities.
Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a televised statement on the group's al-Masirah TV channel that the attack in the Red Sea resulted in the "downing of an F-18 fighter jet into the sea" and forced the Truman to "retreat toward the Suez Canal." (Yemen-U.S.-Houthis)
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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan named Dafallah Al-Haj Ali as acting prime minister and cabinet affairs minister on Wednesday, the ruling Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC) announced.
Al-Burhan, who heads the TSC, also appointed veteran diplomat Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddiq as foreign minister, according to an official statement. (Sudan-Acting PM-Appointment) Enditem
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