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March 16, 2018

US accuses Iran of trying to influence Iraq’s election

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused Iran on Thursday of “mucking around” in Iraq’s May parliamentary election, in which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is seeking another term after a...

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March 16, 2018

UAE-Saudi disagreement in Geneva puts Yemen’s unity at risk

On Wednesday, Al-Khaleej reported that there was a clear disagreement between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the United Nations Human Rights Council. This revolved around the fact that Riyadh...

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March 16, 2018

Joint list votes against militarisation and discrimination budget

The Joint List has rejected Israel’s draft general budget for the year 2019. Members of the list argued that the draft budget is designed to reenforce the occupation, intensify...

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March 16, 2018

Sources: Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi Arabia in secret talks to end war

Saudi Arabia and its adversaries in Yemen’s armed Houthi movement are holding secret talks to try to end a three-year-old war that has unleashed the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,...

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March 16, 2018

Tunisia: Concerns over possible postponement of municipal elections

Tunisia’s concerns over the growing government change demands are increasing as Tunisia’s first local elections after the revolution approach early May. The Tunisian Head of Government Youssef Chahed reiterated...

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March 15, 2018

Lebanon plans to boost army presence on southern border – Hariri

Lebanon plans to increase its military presence along its southern border with Israel, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday at a meeting in Rome, where he is seeking...

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March 15, 2018

French judge issues arrest warrant for daughter of Saudi king

A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz in relation to an attack by her bodyguard against a...

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March 15, 2018

Arab-Israeli MP voices defiance despite Knesset ban

Haneen Zoabi, an Arab member of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), declared Thursday that she would continue to “speak the truth” regarding Israeli violations of Palestinian rights. Zoabi made the...

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March 15, 2018

Saudi seeking to beef up domestic weapons industry

Saudi Arabia is planning on beefing up its domestic defence industry as part of a move to diversify from oil. The plan may see the creation of new jobs...

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March 15, 2018

UN: Rape used as wide-scale weapon of war in Syria

Syrian government forces and allied militias have raped and sexually assaulted women, girls and men in a campaign to punish opposition communities – acts that constitute war crimes and...

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