Why have Saudi air defences failed to intercept Houthi missiles?
Geography, interceptor shortages and evolving attack tactics may help explain why Saudi Arabia's advanced systems have struggled to stop repeated strikes
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Support for Kingdom flows in from local and regional pop-culture figures
Support for Kingdom flows in from local and regional pop-culture figures
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Contaminated Gasoline Sparks Fears Over Diesel Quality in Syria
A video of a young girl collecting animal dung for heating in northeastern Syria has revived memories of bitter winters during the war, as rising fuel prices, a weakening currency and a scandal involving contaminated gasoline fuel concerns over a worsening cost-of-living crisis. The widely circulated footage shows the girl gathering dung from farmland in rural Hasakah to make "jalla", a traditional fuel used for heating. With winter approaching, she explains that diesel is too expensive to obtain.
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School roof collapses in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 29 people
At least 28 students and one teacher killed in incident at Al-Khair Education Centre, a private school in Peshawar.