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February 19, 2017

Saudi Arabia, Israel present a united front against Iran

Saudi Arabia and Israel both called on Sunday for a new push against Iran, signalling a growing alignment in their interests, while US lawmakers promised to seek new sanctions...

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February 19, 2017

Turkey: Send US Special Forces to northern Syria

Turkey proposed that the US should send its own Special Forces to northern Syria to back moderate opposition forces fighting against Daesh, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday....

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February 19, 2017

Turkish deputy PM slams Germany’s espionage claims

No member of Turkish Religious Affairs, also known as Diyanet, and the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) is a spy and their duty is not to spy on...

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February 19, 2017

Saudi gamers get together at kingdom’s first-ever Comic Con

In a country where the use of magic is a crime punishable by beheading, it’s not every day that young Saudis wander down the street dressed as the Hulk...

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February 19, 2017

Suicide bomb in market in Somalia capital kills 18, wounds 25

A blast from a suicide car bomb ripped through a market in Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 18 people and wounding at least 25, a local official said,...

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February 19, 2017

Iran: Use of chemical weapons in Syria cannot be condoned

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, pointing to Sunni militants in Syria fighting against its allies in Damascus, told the Munich Security Conference that the use of chemical weapons...

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February 19, 2017

Germany aims to deport record number of rejected asylum seekers in 2017

Germany deported a record 80,000 migrants denied asylum last year and that figure will rise again in 2017, a top official said, as Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to win...

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February 19, 2017

UAE expects to award $5.4 billion deals at defence fair-expo says

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) awarded 4.5 billion dirhams ($1.2 billion) in military procurement deals on Sunday, part of a total of 20 billion dirhams worth of purchases it...

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February 19, 2017

Turkish PM, US vice president discuss improving ties

US Vice President Mike Pence told Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that Washington was keen for a new start in relations between the two countries, sources in Yildirim’s office...

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February 19, 2017

Suicide bombings kill five in east Mosul, security sources say

Five people were killed, including three Iraqi soldiers, in two suicide bombings on Sunday that hit districts recently retaken from Daesh in eastern Mosul, security sources said. The first...

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