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August 21, 2017

Lebanon: More than half of Daesh-held region recaptured

The Lebanese army said Sunday it captured more than half of a region held by Daesh militants on the second day of an offensive launched in a mountainous area bordering war-torn...

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August 21, 2017

Vote of confidence session on the President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet

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August 21, 2017

Sudanese children of Daesh militants released in Libya

Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Daesh in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese...

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August 20, 2017

UAE backs counter-revolutions: Qatar’s envoy to Turkey

Qatar’s ambassador to Turkey has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of supporting “counter-revolutions in the Arab world for restoring dictatorships”. In a statement issued on Saturday evening, Ambassador...

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August 20, 2017

Egypt, Palestine, Jordan call for a restart of peace talks

Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian foreign ministers on Saturday called for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at a press conference in Cairo. The main cause of instability in the region is the...

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August 20, 2017

Qatar: Cutting defence ties with Turkey illegal

Qatar’s Ambassador to Ankara, said Saturday, cutting that country’s defence ties with Turkey is an ‘obvious intervention of internal affairs’. “This is against all international law and norms” said...

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August 20, 2017

3 Lebanese soldiers killed in landmine along border with Syria

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and one was critically wounded on Sunday when their armoured vehicle hit a landmine on the Lebanese-Syrian border, a security source said. The area...

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August 20, 2017

Qatar to build World Cup stadium shaped like Arabian cap

Qatar will build a stadium shaped like an Arabian skull cap for the 2022 World Cup, organisers said on Sunday, as the Gulf state moves ahead with preparations for...

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August 20, 2017

Syria’s Assad says war still not won but West’s plots foiled

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that while his country had foiled Western designs to topple him, his army had not won Syria’s war and the fight was...

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August 20, 2017

Iran parliament clears oil, foreign ministers for Rouhani’s new cabinet

The Iranian parliament voted on Sunday to keep the oil and foreign ministers, two of pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani’s key members of cabinet, in their posts. Oil Minister Bijan...

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