AL-MUKALLA: The bodies of 16 people thought to have been abducted and executed by the Iran-backed Houthis more than a decade ago have been recovered in the northern Yemeni province of Amran.

Human rights groups, media reports, and officials said the bodies were found at a mass grave in a cave in the Harf Sufyan District used by the militia group in 2010 to bury its victims.

RAMALLAH: The Israel Defense Forces declared the end of a large-scale military operation at a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, that left 12 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead.

Thousands of Palestinian mourners joined a funeral procession where militants fired into the air and the crowd chanted: “With our souls and blood, we will sacrifice for you, martyr.”

LONDON: The foreign ministers of the UK and Iraq met in London during the UK-Iraq Strategic Dialogue this week.

The meeting between James Cleverly and Fuad Hussein, who is also Iraqi deputy prime minister, reaffirmed the commitment of the two countries to work together and the two ministers agreed to develop and further co-operation on a wide range of sectors.

The Strategic Dialogue builds on the signing of the UK-Iraq Strategic Partnership in Baghdad in June 2021, which outlined UK’s commitment to the long-term security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq. 

CAIRO: Hospitals across Sudan have been bombed, looted and occupied by armed factions since fighting broke out more than two months ago between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. As a result, millions of civilians are being denied vital healthcare.

Medical supplies rapidly dwindled after the conflict began on April 15, with shipments of medicines and other medical supplies stolen or undelivered. Meanwhile, scores of health professionals have been killed, wounded or forced to leave the country.

JEDDAH: Heavy fighting raged across the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces shot down a Sudanese army fighter jet and artillery and machinegun fire rocked the city.

“We saw pilots jumping with parachutes as the plane plunged to the ground,” said one resident of northern Khartoum.

The paramilitaries said they “arrested the pilot after he landed with a parachute,” and accused the regular army of “heinous massacres” in greater Khartoum.