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Arab News says Benjamin Netanyahu watched from the sidelines Thursday as the government dealt a major blow to his hopes of a swift return to the country’s top office.

Arab News says the United Arab Emirates has approved for emergency use the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11, the health ministry said.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum on Thursday introduced a resolution condemning Israeli authorities for labelling six human rights organizations as “terrorist groups.”

Arab News says the Iran-backed Houthis have raided homes in Abedia district, south of Marib district, abducting dozens of civilians.

Arab News says Lebanon woke to news of one of the bleakest moments brought on by the country’s energy crisis, after the smashed-up body of a female Ethiopian worker was found.

Arab News says Tarek Bitar, the judge leading the investigation into the August 2020 port explosion, resumed investigations on Tuesday.

Arab News says the Arab coalition supporting Yemen’s government said it had killed at least 165 Iran-backed Houthi militia fighters in strikes south of the battleground city of Marib.

Aljazeera says Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended flights to Kabul after what it called heavy-handed interference by Taliban authorities.

Arab News says an Israeli airstrike in central Syria killed one Syrian soldier and three pro-Iranian fighters on Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said.

Arab News says at least six people were killed and five injured on Sunday when a suicide bomber targeted the governor of the southern Yemen city of Aden.