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October 23, 2017

Iraqi Kurdish party calls on Barzani to resign

The Kurdish Movement for Change (Gorran) party on Sunday called on northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and Vice President Kosrat Rasul to resign. “They have to resign from...

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October 23, 2017

Egypt’s Sisi confirms support for Iraq’s unity

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi for Baghdad’s ‘successful victories in war against Daesh’. According to a statement by Egypt’s presidency, the two leaders, who...

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October 22, 2017

As relations thaw, Saudi Arabia and Iraq pledge cooperation against Daesh

Saudi Arabia and Iraq convened a new joint body to coordinate their fight against Daesh and on rebuilding Iraqi territory wrested from the group, the Saudi King Salman and...

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October 22, 2017

Trump’s peace envoy conditions Palestinian reconciliation on disarming Hamas

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East Peace Envoy Jason Greenblatt released a statement on Thursday, echoing statements by the Israeli government on the recent Palestinian reconciliation deal signed earlier...

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October 22, 2017

Ashrawi: Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank amounts to war crimes

Following announcements that Israel had advanced plans for nearly 3,000 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank, Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi strongly denounced...

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October 22, 2017

Israeli police detain Palestinian in Old City for alleged knife possession

Israeli police forces detained a Palestinian “youth” in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem Friday morning, according to Israeli media. Israeli media reported that the youth, whose identity...

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October 22, 2017

Egypt says Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE to lift ban on its agriculture exports

Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to lift a ban on imports of Egyptian agricultural products, Egypt said on Sunday, as the country works to step...

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October 22, 2017

Russia accuses US-led coalition of ‘barbaric’ bombing of Syria’s Raqqa

Russia accused the US-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa “off the face of the earth” with carpet bombing in the same way the...

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October 22, 2017

Roadside bomb kills seven outside Somali capital Mogadishu

A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday – mostly women farmers – in an area outside the Somali capital dominated by insurgents who have defied public...

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October 22, 2017

US-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria – SDF

US-backed militias said they captured a major oil field in Deir al-Zor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Daesh fighters in eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)...

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