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February 11, 2018

Netanyahu says Israel undeterred after Syria shoots down F-16

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces would press ahead with Syria operations despite their loss of an advanced warplane to enemy fire for the first...

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February 11, 2018

Erdogan aide meets US National Security Adviser in Turkey amid tensions

US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster held talks on Sunday in Istanbul with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, a presidential source said, amid persistent tensions between the NATO allies...

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February 11, 2018

Iran displays missile, Rouhani says US regional policy a failure – TV

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as oppressors. President Hassan Rouhani, addressing...

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February 11, 2018

US lays off local staff three years after closing Yemen embassy

The United States has laid off 360 local staff in Yemen three years after closing its embassy as a civil war spread in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. Ambassador...

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February 11, 2018

Saudi Ritz reopens after stint as gilded prison of princes

Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel reopened on Sunday, more than three months after it was converted into a gilded prison for members of Saudi Arabia’s business and political elite detained in...

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February 11, 2018

Iranian environmental activist dies in prison, his son says

An Iranian academic and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday. Kavous Seyed-Emami was the managing director...

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February 11, 2018

Egyptian air force pounds Sinai militants – military

Egypt’s air force pounded militant targets in northern and central Sinai early on Saturday, the military said, the second day of an assault to try to crush an insurgency...

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February 11, 2018

Turkey’s largest airport will open in October – transport minister

The third airport in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, will open on October 29, Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan was quoted on Saturday by state-run Anadolu news agency as saying. Eighty...

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February 11, 2018

Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women – senior cleric

Saudi women need not wear the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith – a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication...

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February 11, 2018

Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin – Erdogan

Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, Reuters reports President Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Saturday. “One of...

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