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Donald Trump
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More charges filed against WH correspondents' dinner attacker

Cole Tomas Allen, accused of targeting Trump at the White House Correspondent's dinner, could also be charged with firing at a Secret Service officer.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 May, 2026
Sharaa [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syria's Sharaa 'target' of foiled assassination attempts in 2025

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 February, 2026
Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad waves a sunflower outside the courthouse in New York
Iran
World
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US jails man over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 January, 2026
Secret Service Thwart Apparent Assassination Attempt On Donald Trump
Donald Trump
World
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Prosecution presses Trump assassination attempt case

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa at a podium speaking
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria denies reports of IS assassination attempt on al-Sharaa

Adnan Ali
The New Arab Staff
29 June, 2025
Deniz rest
Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
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Iranian Kurd severely wounded in car bomb in Erbil

Dana Taib Menmy
07 June, 2022
Abdulhamid Al-Dbeibah, the Libyan prime minister
Libya
MENA
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Libya PM Dbeibah survives assassination attempt: source

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 February, 2022
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Iraq
MENA
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Sadr says Iraqi army must 'take charge' after attack on PM

07 November, 2021
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi was targeted by an assassination attempt in the early hours of Sunday morning [Getty]
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq says three drones used in attempt on Kadhimi's life

The New Arab Staff
07 November, 2021
Maldives ex President [Getty]
Maldives
MENA
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Maldives ex-president 'critical' after assassination attempt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2021
Fathi Bashagha
Libya
MENA
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Libya's interior minister escapes assassination attempt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2021
Egypt
Hisham Barakat
MENA
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Egypt's state prosecutor dies following bomb attack on convoy

The New Arab & agencies
29 June, 2015