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BEIRUT -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Friday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure in a UNIFIL position in Ras Naqoura, southern Lebanon.
"The IDF's deliberate and direct destruction of clearly identifiable UNIFIL property is a flagrant violation of international law and resolution 1701," UNIFIL said in a statement. (Israel-UNIFIL-Attacks)
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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said Friday that it has launched a "ballistic missile" toward Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, and has shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over northern Yemen's Al-Jawf province.
"In support of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, we carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the Nevatim Airbase with a hypersonic ballistic missile, and the missile reached its target," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. (Yemen-Houthis-Israel-Attacks)
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ANKARA -- Türkiye's central bank announced Friday an upward revision to its year-end inflation forecasts, previously 38 percent for 2024 and 14 percent for 2025.
"We have revised our inflation estimates upward to 44 percent for 2024 and 21 percent for 2025. Looking further ahead, we expect the inflation to decrease to 12 percent by the end of 2026," said Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan when presenting the fourth-quarter inflation report. (Türkiye-Inflation-Forecast)
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BEIRUT -- An Israeli airstrike on Friday night killed three people and injured 30 others in the southwestern Lebanese city of Tyre, according to Lebanese military sources and the health ministry.
The strike involved two Israeli warplanes firing eight air-to-ground missiles at two buildings in central Tyre, igniting a large fire that destroyed the structures and caused extensive damage to nearby apartments, military sources said. The sources, speaking anonymously, described dozens of casualties amid widespread destruction. (Israel-Lebanon-Conflict) Enditem
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