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February 20, 2017

Libya’s Sarraj sees Russia as possible intermediary with eastern commander

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj of the UN-backed government in Tripoli said on Sunday he would like Russia to help overcome deadlock in the country, which is struggling with...
February 20, 2017

Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked a Saudi power plant with a ballistic missile

Yemen’s armed Houthi group said they launched a ballistic missile at a power plant in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. Citing a military official, the Yemen News Agency (SABA NET) said on Sunday that Houthis...

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February 20, 2017

UN and others play down expectations for Geneva talks on Syria

The United Nations and other parties to Syrian peace efforts on Sunday softened any expectations of a major breakthrough at UN-led talks in Geneva next week, with US policy...

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February 20, 2017

UK arms industry exports most to Gulf States

British military exports to Gulf States amounted to 60 per cent of the UK’s total defence sales in 2015, UK Defence Ministry spokesperson, Adam Thomas, announced on Sunday. Speaking...

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February 19, 2017

Trump invents terror attack in Sweden

A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had...

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February 19, 2017

Egyptian lawyer files lawsuit against settling Palestinians in Sinai

A group of Egyptian human rights lawyers have filed a lawsuit to prevent the establishment of “foreign settlements” in the Sinai Peninsula, following reports that Israel was discussing the...

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February 19, 2017

Palestinian family of 13 displaced after being forced to demolish their own home

A Palestinian family of 13 was displaced after they were forced to demolish their own home in the Bir Ayoub area of the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem,...

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February 19, 2017

Israeli forces detain 9 Palestinians in predawn military raids

Israeli forces detained at least nine Palestinians in predawn military raids Sunday across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem,...

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February 19, 2017

Israel delivers demolition orders to 40 homes, school in Bedouin community

Israeli forces raided the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank northeast of Jerusalem on Sunday morning to deliver demolition orders to classrooms for the village’s...

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February 19, 2017

Islam is not source of terrorism, says Germany’s Merkel

Islam is not the source of terrorism, and Islamic scholars and Muslim countries should speak up against fundamentalists to make this clear to the world, Chancellor Angela Merkel has...

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