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Russia Likely Lost a Third of Troops in Ukraine, British Intelligence Say

Russia has likely lost a third of its ground troops in Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry said in an intelligence...

Initial Results: Hezbollah Losing Seats in The Lebanese Polls

ALBAWABA - Initial count voting in Lebanon shows that Hizbollah is losing many seats in the latest parliamentary elections according...

Latest Sandstorm Forces Iraq to a Standstill (AFP)

Another sandstorm descended Monday on Iraq forcing the closure of airports, schools, universities and public administrations across the country, officials...

if Sweden, Finland Join NATO Russia May Use Nuclear Weapons

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Lebanese Say They Want to Build Their Country (AFP)

The results of Lebanon's first elections since multiple crises ravaged the country were expected Monday, with opposition groups hoping for...

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A voters displays her ink-soaked thumb after casting her ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

A supporter of the Shiite group Hezbollah group drives around with a mock rocket launcher in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, as voters cast their ballots in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

Lebanese security forces deploy at Nur Square on the southern entrance of the northern port city of Tripoli during the parliamentary election, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)

Voters queue outside a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, ahead of casting their vote in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Posters expressig support for the leader of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, hang on a main road in the capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Rafat Alkhatib)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Alrifai)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Carlos Latuff)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Omar Abdallat)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Abbas)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Alrifai)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Sara Qaed)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Shaikha Al-Subaey)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Rafat Alkhatib)

Israeli Forces Kill Veteran Journalist, Demolish Palestinian Homes

Journalists escort the body of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead by Israeli troops as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on May 11, 2022, at the hospital in Jenin. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian medics tend to a wounded Palestinian journalist at a hospital in Jenin on May 11, 2022. Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot dead by Israeli troops as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, according to an AFP photographer. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. The Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. The Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli security forces keep watch during confrontations with Palestinians in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan as Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house at the site on May 10, 2022. The Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Palestinians help an injured man during confrontations with Israeli police in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan as Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house at the site on May 10, 2022. Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Victory Day military parade in central Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian T-72B3M tanks parade through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Members of a military band attend the Victory Day military parade on Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian servicewomen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Vehicles drive along a road during a severe dust storm in Iraq's capital Baghdad on May 1, 2022. Flights were grounded today due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into tomorrow, according to the weather service. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

An aerial picture shows a view of Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah during a heavy sandstorm on May 5, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

Iraqis receive treatment at an emergency ward in Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Baghdad as thousands were hospitalized across the country during a heavy sandstorm on May 6, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

An Iraqi woman receives treatment at an emergency ward in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah as thousands were hospitalized across the country during a heavy sandstorm on May 5, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

Iraqis receive treatment at an emergency ward in Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Baghdad as thousands were hospitalized across the country during a heavy sandstorm on May 6, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Iraqis visit the Imam Ali shrine during a sandstorm in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on May 5, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. Iraq was hammered by a series of such storms in April, grounding flights and leaving dozens hospitalized with respiratory problems. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP)

An Iraqi policeman directs traffic during a severe dust storm in the capital Baghdad on May 1, 2022. Flights were grounded today due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into tomorrow, according to the weather service. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

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A voters displays her ink-soaked thumb after casting her ballot in the parliamentary election at a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

A supporter of the Shiite group Hezbollah group drives around with a mock rocket launcher in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, as voters cast their ballots in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

Lebanese security forces deploy at Nur Square on the southern entrance of the northern port city of Tripoli during the parliamentary election, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)

Voters queue outside a polling station in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 15, 2022, ahead of casting their vote in the parliamentary election.(Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

The parliamentary election is a first test for opposition movements spawned by an unprecedented anti-establishment uprising in 2019 that briefly raised hopes of regime change in Lebanon. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Posters expressig support for the leader of Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, hang on a main road in the capital Beirut, on May 14, 2022, on the eve of parliamentary elections. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Rafat Alkhatib)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Alrifai)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Carlos Latuff)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Omar Abdallat)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Abbas)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Mahmoud Alrifai)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Sara Qaed)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Shaikha Al-Subaey)

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. (Cartoonist Rafat Alkhatib)

Journalists escort the body of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead by Israeli troops as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on May 11, 2022, at the hospital in Jenin. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. The Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. The Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. Israeli authorities regularly raze homes built by Palestinians on their own lands in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian T-72B3M tanks parade through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is driven along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Members of a military band attend the Victory Day military parade on Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russian servicewomen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Russia celebrates the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

An aerial picture shows a view of Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah during a heavy sandstorm on May 5, 2022. Iraq is yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffers the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)

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