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September 28, 2017

American pressure over settlements ‘temporary,’ says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convinced the US to take the distinction between settlement blocs and isolated settlements off the table, officials at Netanyahu’s office told Haaretz yesterday....

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September 28, 2017

First Saudi woman appointed as assistant mayor

The Mayor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, Fahd Bin Mohammed Al-Jubair, appointed a woman as Assistant Mayor of Al-Khobar municipality on Monday. Iman Bint Abdullah Al-Ghamdi will have special...

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September 28, 2017

Remembering the Second Intifada

On 28 September 2000 then Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque with heavily armed Israeli policemen and soldiers provoking a Palestinian uprising that lasted five years and...

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September 28, 2017

Turkey’s security meeting discusses Iraq and Syria

Recent developments in Iraq and Syria were discussed in a security meeting in Ankara chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, according to sources from the presidency....

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September 28, 2017

Fresh Syria peace talks to start in a month: UN envoy

An eighth round of Syrian peace talks is expected to be launched in a month, UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura said Wednesday. The negotiations will kick off no...

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September 28, 2017

Trump seeks dramatic cuts to refugee admissions

The Trump administration has proposed to Congress a major cut to the number of refugees that will be allowed to enter the US, a senior US official confirmed to...

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September 28, 2017

Saudi Arabia: Amnesty for undocumented Filipino workers

The Saudi Arabian government has extended again its amnesty program for undocumented Filipino migrants in the Kingdom, officials said on Wednesday.Citing an official statement from the Philippine Embassy in...

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September 27, 2017

Baghdad piles pressure on Iraqi Kurds to reverse overwhelming independence vote

Baghdad heaped pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central government to send troops to take control...

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September 27, 2017

Opposition says 150 civilians killed in Russian, Syrian raids on Idlib

Russian and Syrian jets killed at least 150 civilians and injured dozens in over a week of heavy bombing that shattered a six-month halt in intensive aerial raids in...

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September 27, 2017

Algeria jails medical team whose ‘negligence’ killed mother and baby

An Algerian court sentenced six members of a medical team to between six to 12 months in jail for “negligence” that caused the death of a pregnant woman and...

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