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March 30th, 2026 - 09:41 GMT

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Video: Fire erupts at Haifa oil refinery complex

ALBAWABA - A video showing smoke and fire erupting from an oil refinery in Haifa was shared online after reports of a new wave of missile attacks from Iran, Israeli media reported Monday. Israeli Channel 12 said that an oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa was affected on Monday, causing a fire, flames and thick black smoke. The cause of the fire was unknown, though the incident came ...

Policemen are seen on the sidelines as students chant slogans while demonstrating in the centre of Algeria's capital Algiers on February 23, 2021 a day after the second anniversary of the "Hirak" protest movement. The "Hirak" protest movement in April 2019 forced longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika into resigning. Police were deployed in force in Algiers, with security checkpoints and identity checks carried out around key flashpoints, while helicopters hovering overhead. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

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A rescue worker clears debris with a shovel at the site of a suicide car bombing attack near a security checkpoint in Mogadishu on February 13, 2021. Three people were killed and eight wounded after a car bomb detonated near a security checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a security official and witnesses said. Abdirazak Hussein FARAH / AFP

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A protester places flowers as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold a demonstration remembering protesters killed while rallying against the military coup in their home country, and calling for the results of the 2020 Myanmar election to be upheld, outside the Indonesian ambassy in Bangkok on February 23, 2021. Jack TAYLOR / AFP

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