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May 23, 2016

Obama, Abadi agree to tighten Green Zone security

US President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi yesterday agreed on the importance of tightening security in Baghdad’s Green Zone, where government institutions and foreign embassies are...

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May 23, 2016

UN envoy calls on Yemenis to take advantage of Kuwait talks

The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed yesterday called on the Yemeni parties to take advantage of the “historic opportunity” they find themselves in and resume...

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May 23, 2016

Aleppo comes under Russian attack for first time since truce

Russian warplanes yesterday launched airstrikes against a key opposition supply route near the city of Aleppo for the first time since a truce was signed at the end of...

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May 23, 2016

Israel arrests 10 Palestinian fishermen near Gaza

Israeli naval forces yesterday arrested ten Palestinian fishermen near the Gaza Strip. The head of the Palestinian Fishermen’s Association in Gaza, Nizar Ayyash, told Quds Press that the Israeli...

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May 23, 2016

Saudi air force take part in military exercise in Turkey

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced the arrival of units from the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) to Turkey to participate in military exercises which started on Saturday and will end...

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May 23, 2016

Top US military official makes secret visit to Syria

Head of the US Central Command and top military commander for Middle East, General Joseph Votel, made a secret visit to Syria on Saturday to look at efforts to...

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May 22, 2016

Never surrender, freed Palestinian hunger-striker tells Anadolu

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency,Muhammad Al-Qeeq, a 33-year-old Palestinian journalist who waged a 94-day hunger strike while in Israeli custody – and who was finally released last...

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May 22, 2016

Inmate in Egyptian prison dies due to ‘systematic torture’ in

A political prisoner died on Saturday inside his cell in Alexandria’s notorious Burj al-Arab Prison as “a result of torture”, according to a human rights group and Egypt’s banned Muslim...

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May 22, 2016

Turkish jets kill ’30 PKK terrorists’ in northern Iraq

At least 30 PKK terrorists were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq Thursday, the military announced Sunday. According to a statement posted on the...

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May 22, 2016

US assures Iraq of support in fight against Daesh

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi over the phone Saturday to reaffirm his country’s support for defeating Daesh, according to the White House. “The...

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