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Observers say the reshuffle is linked to investigations into the deadly suppression of protests which broke out in October last year.
Hezbollah supporters gathered on the road leading to Beirut International Airport to protest US CentCom chief Kenneth McKenzie's visit to commemorate the 1983 Beirut bombing.
Iran announced it will strengthen war-torn Syria's air defence systems as part of a military agreement between the allies.
Russia and China abused their veto power in order to end vital cross-border aid supplies for Syrian civilians, said Amnesty, calling it 'dangerous and despicable'.
A crucial UN Security Council resolution that would have extended authorisation for cross-border humanitarian aid in Syria for a year has been vetoed by Russia.
Aid groups are urging Russia to rethink its position, as Syria cracks under the pressure of its civil war.
National and international figures mourned the killing of Hisham al-Hashemi, who was gunned down on Monday in capital city of Baghdad.
A UN expert found the US' killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani to be in contravention of international law.
Analysis: Iraqi Kurdistan hopes to avoid becoming entangled in a regional cold war.
Jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi was shot outside his home in Baghdad on Monday and died shortly thereafter at a local hospital, an Iraqi interior ministry official told AFP.
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