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Flags of Yemen's Ansarullah Movement - Houthis - (left), Iraq (upper middle) and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement (right). Graphic: Rudaw

Iraq freezes assets of Lebanese Hezbollah, Yemeni Houthis over 'terrorist' acts

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Iraqi laborers work at the Rumaila oil refinery in Zubair near the city of Basra, Iraq, December 13, 2009. File photo: Nabil al-Jurani / AP

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Jaafar Khalil Golan, a Kurdish man living in Gaza. Photo: submitted. Graphic: Rudaw

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