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February 19, 2017

Saudi foreign minister says Iran main sponsor of global terror

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected Iranian calls for dialogue saying Tehran was the main sponsor of terrorism in the world, a destabilising force in the Middle East...

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February 19, 2017

Iraq’s oil reserves increase to 153 billion barrels

Iraq’s oil reserves have increased to 153 billion barrels, from a previous estimate of 143 billion barrels, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Sunday. Iraq will ask the Organisation...

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February 19, 2017

Syrian opposition says ready for Geneva talks, but Assad must go

The Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva on February 23, a senior official said on Sunday, adding the talks would need to pave the way...

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February 19, 2017

Syrian government forces continue attacks on Damascus outskirts

Syrian government forces fired rockets at a rebel-held area on Damascus’s outskirts on Sunday, pressing an attack that began the day before and has killed up to 16 people,...

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February 19, 2017

A year ago, US, Israel, Jordan and Egypt secretly met for ‘peace’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly a year ago with the leaders of Egypt and Jordan in a failed attempt by the Obama administration to convene a wider regional...

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February 19, 2017

US senators consider sanctions against Iran for missile development

US Republican senators plan to introduce legislation to impose further sanction on Iran, accusing it of violating UN Security Council resolutions by testing ballistic missiles and acting to “destabilise”...

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February 19, 2017

Sahlab

The West favours hot chocolate as a warming winter drink, but the Middle East has Sahlab or Salep as the Turks call it. It is a thick drink originally...

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February 18, 2017

Egypt’s ‘Blind Sheikh’ dies in prison in the US

The spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamist militant group Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya Omar Abdel-Rahman has died in his US prison after serving more than 20 years for seditious conspiracy to...

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February 18, 2017

US SecDef visits UAE in first Middle East visit

US President Donald Trump’s defence secretary arrived in the United Arab Emirates earlier today for talks with one of Washington’s closest allies in the Middle East. Defence Secretary Jim...

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February 18, 2017

25 children starve to death in Iraq near Mosul

An Iraqi human rights organisation has called on urgent help to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe” after it said that approximately 25 children had passed away after starving to death...

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