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October 6, 2017

PM: Iraq doesn’t want armed clash with Kurds

Iraq does not want an armed clash with the Kurdish authorities, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced yesterday. “We do not want an armed confrontation, we don’t want clashes,” Al-Abadi...

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October 6, 2017

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October 6, 2017

Yemen’s Houthis planning mass arrests of Saleh loyalists

The Houthi armed group has prepared a long list of President Ali Abdullah Saleh loyalists to arrest, Sky News Arabia reported. The names include military, security and political leaders...

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October 6, 2017

Israel closes main West Bank road for marathon

Israeli occupying forces closed the main road between Ramallah and Nablus this morning, in preparation for a marathon organised by settler communities in the occupied West Bank, according to...

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October 6, 2017

Daesh loses main urban stronghold in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi announced yesterday that government forces had retaken the northern town of Hawija from Daesh militants leaving them concentrated in several outposts along the border...

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October 6, 2017

Israel official: New settlement units to be approved after Jewish holiday

Eli Ben-Dahan, deputy minister of defence, stated that the construction of thousands of settlement units will be approved immediately after the end of the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. This will...

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October 6, 2017

UAE donates $2m to UNICEF in Yemen

The United Arab Emirates has allocated $2 million for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Yemen, Gulf Today reported. Sultan Mohammed Al-Shamsi, assistant minister of the Ministry of...

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October 6, 2017

US: Daesh’s Baghdadi is still alive

A voice recording which recently circulated is “authentic” and proves Daesh’s leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is still alive, Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said in a statement yesterday. Pahon added:...

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October 6, 2017

Tunisia postpones municipal elections

The Independent High Authority for the Elections in Tunisia officially declared 25 March as the final date for municipal elections. The president of the Independent High Authority for Elections,...

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October 6, 2017

US drone strike kills Al-Qaeda commander in Yemen

A United States drone strike has killed an Al-Qaeda commander in Yemen, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Shroum Al-Sanaani, military commander of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was killed...

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