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Nato forces shoot down ballistic missile fired towards Turkey

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS / Pascal Rossignol / File Photo / File Photo

Nato forces shoot down ballistic missile fired towards Turkey

Pieces of interceptor missiles fired by Iran land in Hatay province, ministry confirms

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says new leader would be an 'unequivocal target for elimination'

Qatari Typhoon shoots down Iranian jets using long-range Meteor missiles

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People leave the Comfort Hotel in Baabda, Lebanon after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. AFP

Israel orders 250,000 Lebanese to vacate entire area south of Litani river

Sheikh Mohamed and Grand Imam of Al Azhar call for restraint amid Iran strikes

Qatar says Iran's IRGC sleeper cells arrested

Smoke billows from the Beirut suburbs after the latest round of Israeli air strikes. EPA

'We are all victims': Israeli strike on Beirut hotel fuels anger and fear

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Smoke billows from the Beirut suburbs after the latest round of Israeli air strikes. EPA

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