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The paper deals with multidimensional singular integral equations of the form \[ a(x)u(x)+\int_D K(x,x-y)u(y)dy=v(x),\quad x\in D \subset {\mathbb R^m}, \] where the kernel \(K(x,y)\) has the following properties: 1) \(K(x,y)\) is a homogeneous function of degree \(-m\) in \(y;\) 2) \(\int_{S} K(x,y)ds =0, x\in \overline D,\) where \(S=\{x\in {\mathbb R^m}: | x| =1 \}.\) The author provides conditions for the operator to be Fredholm and shows that the index of the operator is equal to zero. Singularities are associated with Cauchy type integral operators. The Fredholm property is equivalent to the invertibility of operators constructed from the singularities by the local principle.