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June 18, 2017

UN chief set to name new Libya envoy after US blocked Palestinian candidate

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was set to name a former Lebanese culture minister as new UN envoy to Libya, ending an unusually contentious four-month search that followed US...

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June 18, 2017

Saudi border guards fire kill Iranian fisherman

Saudi border guards have opened fire on an Iranian fishing boat in the Gulf, killing a fisherman, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Saturday, amid high tension between the...

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June 18, 2017

Russia claims it killed two more Daesh commanders in Syria

The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it had killed two Daesh field commanders, named as Abu Omar al-Beljiki and Abu Yassin al-Masri, in air strikes near the eastern...

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June 18, 2017

Iraq VP accuses Qatar of having tried to split his country

Qatar promoted a plan to split Iraq along sectarian lines, Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi said on Saturday, voicing support for the isolation of Doha by some Arab states....

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June 18, 2017

Israel arrests 2 Palestinians after Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police arrested two people after a standoff at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday, Israeli police said, as tension remains high following deadly attack days earlier. The mosque’s...

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June 18, 2017

Iraqi forces launch attack on Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces started storming the Daesh-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in...

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June 18, 2017

Roadside explosion in Cairo kills Egyptian policeman

An Egyptian policeman was killed and four wounded by a roadside explosive near the Cairo suburb of Maadi on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. “At around...

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June 18, 2017

Tamr hindi, fattoush and kubbeh bil siniyeh

Tamr hindi, a drink that is very popular in Ramadan across the Middle East, is the Arabic word for tamarind which is the main component. This drink reminds me...

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June 18, 2017

Iran fires missiles at militant groups in eastern Syria

Iran fired missiles on Sunday into eastern Syria, aiming at the bases of militant groups it holds responsible for attacks in Tehran which left 18 dead last week, Iran’s...

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June 17, 2017

Medics and school staff forcibly recruited in South Sudan’s war

Staff working in South Sudan’s health centres and schools have been forcibly recruited by armed groups, causing facilities to close, the United Nations said, as it struggles to provide...

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