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  • March 17, 2018

    Russia names intercontinental missile after Syrian city

    A public poll organised by Russia’s Ministry of Defence has decided that an intercontinental missile should be named after a Syrian city, AlKhaleejonline.com reported on Friday. The nuclear-capable missile...

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  • March 16, 2018

    Britain, France, Germany propose new sanctions on Iran

    Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles and its role in Syria’s war, according to a confidential document, in a bid...

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  • March 16, 2018

    France urges journalists not to travel to Syria

    France’s Foreign Ministry on Friday called on French media organizations not to send reporters to Syria and urged journalists already there to return immediately given an escalation in violence, particularly in Eastern Ghouta and...

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  • March 16, 2018

    Rachel Corrie remembered

    Twenty-three-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer that was preparing to demolish a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Corrie has since become...

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  • March 16, 2018

    Assad regime, Russian airstrikes kill 61 in Eastern Ghouta

    Dozens of people were killed Friday — and hundreds more injured — when Syrian regime and Russian warplanes struck a crowded market in Eastern Ghouta, an opposition-held Damascus suburb....

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  • March 16, 2018

    Somalia’s quandary with UAE: A port in Somaliland

    Somalia is taking a bold step against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the regeneration of a port in Somaliland it considers “belligerent and illegal”. In a tripartite agreement...

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  • March 16, 2018

    Israel’s new Jewish state bill ‘institutionalising the apartheid regime’

    The Israeli Knesset is fast tracking a “nation-state bill” which opposition groups have denounced as “institutionalising the apartheid regime”. Knesset members approved the final draft of the bill defining...

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  • March 16, 2018

    Tunisia’s Ennahda calls on all factions to commit to a stable government

    Tunisia’s Ennahda movement called on all political factions to commit to the stability of the government, Anadolu Agency reported citing a statement that the movement issued yesterday. The statement...

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  • March 16, 2018

    #WalkToPalestine activist arrives in Turkey

    Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa has completed two thirds of his trip to Palestine as he leaves Bulgaria and enters Turkey. As part of his #WalkToPalestine journey, Ladraa has travelled...

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  • March 16, 2018

    UAE to train Somaliland forces amid Somalia rift

    Somaliland’s security forces will be trained by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of an agreement to build a military base in the breakaway country, Garowe Online reported...

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