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May 21, 2017

Last rebels to leave Syria’s Homs aboard buses – Homs governor

The last buses carrying rebel fighters and their families prepared to leave a besieged district of Syria’s Homs on Sunday, the provincial governor said, completing a deal to bring...

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May 21, 2017

Israeli minister expresses concern over US-Saudi arms deal

Israel gave a muted response on Sunday to a major arms deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia announced a day earlier during the visit to the region...

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May 21, 2017

Hamas sentences 3 Israeli agents to death over Gaza assassination

Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement delivered death sentences on Sunday to three Palestinians it ruled had taken part in what it said was an Israeli-directed assassination of one of the...

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May 21, 2017

Iran urges Trump to discuss avoiding another 9/11 with Saudis

Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, advised US President Donald Trump to discuss how to avoid another September 11 attack with the Saudi hosts of his first official visit...

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May 21, 2017

Turkey’s Erdogan prepares to regain leadership of party he founded

President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to fight Turkey’s enemies at home and abroad, and his commitment to leading Turkey’s ruling AK Party (AKP) as he prepared to be elected on...

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May 21, 2017

Trump praises Sisi, says he hopes to visit Egypt

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he hoped to visit Cairo soon, praising President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after a meeting in Saudi Arabia and declaring that “safety seems...

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May 21, 2017

Bahrain’s top Shia cleric gets one year suspended jail sentence

A court in Bahrain on Sunday convicted the spiritual leader of the country’s Shia Muslims of collecting funds illegally and money laundering and sentenced him to one year in...

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May 21, 2017

Trump says ties with Bahrain won’t be strained anymore

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday Washington’s relations with Bahrain were set to improve, after meeting with the king of the Gulf Arab state during a visit to...

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May 21, 2017

Turkish police kill two suspected Daesh militants in raid

Turkish police killed two suspected Daesh militants in a clash during a raid on an apartment in the capital Ankara overnight, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday. It...

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May 21, 2017

US calls on Iran to halt support for ‘destabilising forces’

The United States on Saturday said it hoped Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s newly re-elected president, will halt his country’s support for “destabilising forces”, end ballistic missile tests and carry out...

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