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January 20, 2018

Despite US warning, Turkey shells Syria’s Kurdish-held Afrin region

Update 15:41: BREAKING: Russia moves troops out of Afrin, as Turkey steps up it’s bombing on US-allied militia Update 15.29: Turkey has now started air raids on Afrin; supporting...

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January 20, 2018

Russia: Iran nuclear deal cannot survive if US pulls out

Reuters reports Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the Iran nuclear deal cannot survive if the United States pulls out of the agreement. US President Donald Trump...

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January 20, 2018

Reports: Germany likely to approve tank upgrades for Turkey

The German government is moving to approve upgrades of Turkey’s Leopard battle tanks by German arms maker Rheinmetall as a further step towards normalising strained ties with Ankara, Reuters...

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January 20, 2018

UN warns of ‘lost generation’ in South Sudan’s grinding conflict

Seventy percent of South Sudan’s children are out of school and the young country risks losing a generation that would make it harder to rebuild after conflict ended, a...

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January 20, 2018

Hezbollah denies US accusations of drug trafficking

Hezbollah denied any involvement in drug trafficking on Friday, after the US administration set up a team to investigate Hezbollah-linked drug trafficking. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said last...

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January 20, 2018

Hezbollah accuses Israel of Sidon bombing

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah accused Israel on Friday of a bomb attack that wounded a member of the Palestinian group Hamas in the Lebanese city of Sidon, calling...

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January 20, 2018

Syrians freeze to death crossing mountains into Lebanon

Nine Syrians froze to death crossing into Lebanon when an icy storm hit a smuggling route in the mountains near a border post with Syria, the Lebanese Army said...

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January 20, 2018

Lebanon disrupts Daesh cell plot using informant

Lebanon has thwarted a planned Daesh cell by detaining a militant and turning him into an informant, Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk said on Friday. The Iraqi man, identified only...

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January 20, 2018

Trump & Palestine: One year on

Before Donald Trump’s inauguration, exactly a year ago, it was hard to say – as with so many other policy areas – exactly what approach his administration would take...

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January 20, 2018

Saudi cleric killed in rural Guinea after preaching

A Saudi Arabian Islamic preacher was killed in eastern Guinea after proselytizing to hunting communities in a remote region near the Mali border, police and lawyers said on Friday....

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