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February 26, 2017

‘Radical Islam’ label not helpful, top Trump aide says

Using the label “radical Islamic terrorism” does not help advance US foreign policy goals, according to US President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed national security advisor, General Herbert Raymond McMaster. In...

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February 26, 2017

Half of Turkey-Syria border wall completed

More than half of construction of a concrete wall along the Turkish-Syrian border was completed, said the head of Turkey’s housing agency. Ergun Turan, the president of Turkey’s state-owned...

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February 26, 2017

Car bombing kills 2 in Libya’s Benghazi

Two soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, according to a military spokesman. The explosion targeted the convoy of Mahmoud...

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February 26, 2017

Turkish deputy PM blames ‘system’ for military coups

Some six weeks before a referendum on constitutional changes, and eight months after a defeated coup, Turkey’s deputy prime minister Sunday blamed “the system” for the string of military...

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February 26, 2017

Toxic gas kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza-Egypt tunnel

Three Palestinian workers were killed inside a collapsed cross-border tunnel linking Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula with the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to Gaza’s civil defense authority. The three died after...

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February 26, 2017

A challenge from the Palestinian diaspora

The Palestinians Abroad Conference in Istanbul has presented nothing less than a challenge to the national authority installed and supported by Israel’s allies in Ramallah. Despite the best efforts...

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February 26, 2017

Syrian civil activists demand talks on transition, ceasefire monitoring

Syrian activists called on Sunday for the Assad government to engage in serious talks on political transition and for the United Nations to strengthen the fragile ceasefire as violence...

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February 26, 2017

Istanbul embraces Palestine

Danish artist Salim Assi works on a live art installation at the Palestinians Abroad conference in Turkey. After initially writing “Palestine in the eyes of Lammeh” , an...

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February 26, 2017

Malaysia rolls out red carpet as Saudi king kicks off Asia tour

Malaysia welcomed Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday for the start of a rare, month-long Asian tour, where the monarch will build ties and seek to draw more investments...

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February 26, 2017

Iran holds naval war games amid rising tensions with US

Iran launched naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean on Sunday, a naval commander said, as tensions with the United States escalated after US...

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