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December 16, 2017

Israel questions Iranian blogger after giving her asylum

An Iranian blogger granted asylum in Israel has been questioned by its Shin Bet internal security service on suspicion of illegal communication with Iran, an Israeli official said on...

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December 16, 2017

Turkey wants former police investigator repatriated from US

Turkey’s justice minister has told his US counterpart that a former Turkish police investigator who testified at the trial of a Turkish banker in New York this week is...

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December 16, 2017

Trump aide Greenblatt heads to Israel after Jerusalem announcement

President Donald Trump’s US Middle East peace negotiator Jason Greenblatt will return to Israel next week for talks related to the peace efforts, a senior administration official said on...

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December 16, 2017

France says Syria’s Assad not looking for peace, committing mass crimes

France on Friday accused Syria of doing nothing to reach a peace agreement after almost seven years of war. Reuters reports the French government accusing the Assad regime of...

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December 16, 2017

France cautious over US ‘evidence’ on Iran weaponry in Yemen

France reacted cautiously on Friday to US evidence which allegedly proved Iran supplied weapons to Houthi militia in Yemen, saying it was still studying information at its disposal and...

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December 16, 2017

Despite failed round, UN Syria talks only viable peace effort, France says

France on Friday firmly backed UN-led peace talks on Syria in Geneva and said the responsibility of the failed negotiations since the end of November fell entirely on the...

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December 16, 2017

Lebanon: Parliamentary election set for May

Lebanese interior ministry yesterday announced on Friday that parliamentary elections will be held in the country in May. In a statement the ministry added: “The Lebanese abroad will cast their votes on April 22...

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December 16, 2017

900 wounded, 4 killed incl wheelchair-bound Gazan as Israel cracks down on protesters

Israeli occupation forces yesterday killed four Palestinian protesters and wounded 793 others in occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said. The Palestinian sources identified the four...

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December 16, 2017

Iraq Sunni powers refuse elections before return of 3m IDPs

The Coalition of National Forces in Iraq, the main representative of political Sunni forces, said yesterday that parliamentary elections would not be transparent while there are around three million...

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December 16, 2017

Spain arrests 72 migrants in Gibraltar Strait

Spanish navy yesterday arrested 72 African migrants while they were trying to cross the Gibraltar Strait heading to Spain, the Anadolu Agency reported. Navy boats intercepted four boats as they crossed...

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