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April 19, 2018

Iraq denies tariff cuts on Saudi goods

Iraq’s General Customs Authority yesterday said there was an agreement between the government and Saudi Arabia to reduce tariffs on Saudi goods entering Iraq. In a statement, the authority...

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April 19, 2018

Syrian opposition: replacing US forces in Syria with Arab troops will start war with Iran

Syrian opposition leader, Michel Kilo has warned that replacing US troops in Syria with Arab forces could lead to a long-term Arab-Iranian war on Syrian soil. Speaking in an...

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April 19, 2018

Syria strike leaves murky, risky aftermath

The US-led strikes on Syria may be over, at least for now, but the war that produced them – as well as the wider international confrontations that fueled it...

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April 19, 2018

Mixed messages over Saudi-Russia oil agreement

Last week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told reporters in New York that Saudi Arabia is considering extending its agreement with Russia to reducing oil production for 10...

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April 19, 2018

Belgian companies prosecuted over allegedly exporting chemicals to Syria

Three Belgian companies will appear before court in May for allegedly exporting chemicals to Syria, an official source revealed yesterday. The Belgian chemical exports were reported to have contained...

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April 19, 2018

Morocco: ‘The prevention of torture’ training

On Wednesday, a workshop was launched to train prison officials in Morocco on the “treatment of prisoners and the prevention of torture.” According to Anadolu reporter, the one-day workshop...

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April 18, 2018

Runaway UAE princess ‘brought back’ to Dubai

A Dubai princess who announced that she was escaping the UAE via a video message has been “brought back”, a source has said. “What I can confirm is they...

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April 18, 2018

The fall of Haftar and the rise of Libya

The mysterious way in which the powerful Libyan General Khalifa Haftar disappeared makes us believe that removing him from the scene, either by means of sudden illness, or dismissing...

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April 18, 2018

Tower of the Stork

Dima Al-Samman is a contemporary Palestinian-Jerusalemite novelist. She was born and raised in occupied Jerusalem and earned her bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Birzeit University. Further studies saw her...

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April 18, 2018

UN seeks to kick-off Yemen peace talks in two months

The United Nation’s envoy to Yemen plans to unveil a new framework to end the civil war which has entered its third year, Martin Griffiths told the Security Council...

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