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December 26, 2017

Sudan to devalue pound currency to 18 per dollar in January

Sudan is to devalue its currency to 18 Sudanese pounds per dollar in January from the current exchange rate of 6.7, Finance Minister Mohamed Othman Rukabi told Reuters on...

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December 26, 2017

Russia establishing permanent presence at its Syrian bases

Russia has started establishing a permanent military presence at naval and air bases in Syria, the defence minister said on Tuesday as parliament ratified a deal with Damascuslast week...

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December 26, 2017

Syrian rebel groups reject Russian-sponsored Sochi conference

Syrian rebel groups on Monday rejected Russia’s planned Sochi conference on Syria, saying Moscow was seeking to bypass a UN-based Geneva peace process and blaming Russia for committing war...

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December 26, 2017

Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel

Reuters reports Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushing deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion...

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December 26, 2017

‘God bless you’, Netanyahu thanks Guatemalan president over Jerusalem embassy move

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Guatemala with a “God bless you” on Christmas Day for deciding to move its embassy to Jerusalem, while the Palestinians said the Central...

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December 26, 2017

Israeli military court extends detention of teenager

An Israeli military court in Ofer Prison has extended the detention of Ahed al-Tamimi, 16, from Nabi Saleh Village in the occupied West Bank for four more days, Israeli...

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December 26, 2017

Israel regulator seeks to ban bitcoin firms from stock exchange

Israel’s markets regulator will propose regulation to ban companies based on bitcoin and other digital currencies from trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, he said on Monday. Reuters...

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December 26, 2017

Red Cross rebukes Israel after lawmaker confronts prisoners’ families on bus

The Red Cross said on Monday Israel has a duty to guarantee the safety and dignity of Palestinian families visiting prisoners, after a right-wing lawmaker was filmed shouting abuse...

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December 26, 2017

Israel calls on Japan to pressure PA to accept Trump’s decision

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called on Japan to pressure the Palestinian Authority to accept the Trump decision on Jerusalem, Israel’s Channel 7 reported yesterday. Rivlin yesterday welcomed the Japanese Foreign...

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December 26, 2017

Iraq strikes deal with Chinese company to develop East Baghdad oilfield

Iraq has reached an initial agreement with China’s state-run Zhenhua Oil company to develop the southern portion of the East Baghdad oilfield, the Iraqi oil minister, Jabbar Al-Luaibi, announced...

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