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Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 28

Xinhua
| March 29, 2026
2026-03-29

BEIRUT -- Israel killed three journalists in an airstrike on a car carrying four people in Jezzine, southern Lebanon, at noon Saturday, Lebanese officials said. All four passengers died.

The journalists were identified as Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoaib, Al-Mayadeen reporter Fatima Ftouni, and cameraman Mohammad Ftouni. (Lebanon-Israel-Journalists casualties)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said on Saturday that it had carried out fresh attacks on vital sites in southern Israel using cruise missiles and drones, marking its second claimed attack of the day amid escalating regional tensions.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said on social media platform X that the operation was coordinated with Iran and Hezbollah and had "successfully achieved its objectives." (Yemen-Houthis-Israel)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Saturday its air defense has struck a U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon and an MQ-9 Reaper drone in the country's southern airspace.

Making the announcement in a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the U.S. fighter jet and drone were hit during joint retaliatory missile and drone operations by its Navy and Aerospace Division against heavy industries belonging to the United States and Israel. (Iran-IRGC-US fighter jet)

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ANKARA -- Türkiye said on Saturday it has detected 275 "suspicious objects," including mines and drones, in the Black Sea since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022.

"Of these, 10 were identified as mines, eight as kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles and 11 as kamikaze unmanned surface vehicles. All identified threats were successfully neutralized by underwater defense teams," the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement. (Türkiye-Black Sea-Suspicious Objects) Enditem

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