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February 17, 2017

France’s Le Pen to meet leaders in Lebanon

France’s far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen is due to visit Lebanon this weekend and will meet Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri and President Michel Aoun on Monday, officials...

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February 17, 2017

Daesh ‘support’ staff fleeing stronghold in Syria – Pentagon

Daesh administrators and bureaucrats have started to flee the militant group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa as a US-backed alliance works to isolate the city, a Pentagon official said today....

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February 17, 2017

Drowning off the coast of Libya

Over the past two years, the channel crossing in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy saw some of the highest death tolls of refugees dying in their attempt to...

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February 17, 2017

Tunisia army clashes with militants, 2 killed

Tunisian troops clashed with armed militants in the remote mountains near the Algerian border today, killing two, arresting another and seizing weapons, the defence ministry said. It said the...

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February 17, 2017

Roadside blast kills 3 soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai

At least three Egyptian soldiers were killed and another four injured today when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Sinai Peninsula, a security source said. The source,...

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February 17, 2017

Experts: Kuwait could be Iran’s gateway to the Gulf

The Iranian president’s visit to Kuwait this week could kick-start dialogue between Tehran and the Gulf States, say analysts. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Oman on Wednesday before moving...

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February 17, 2017

Trump and Palestine – so what now?

Before Donald Trump’s inauguration, it was a safe bet to assume that his administration’s approach to Israel and the Palestinians would either be one of relative neglect, or serve...

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February 17, 2017

Car bomb in Turkey kills toddler, wounds 15

A child has been killed and 15 other people were injured in a car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish province of Sanliurfa, the governor said today. Sanliurfa Governor...

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February 17, 2017

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February 17, 2017

Disabled Bedouin woman left homeless after Israeli demolition

Israeli forces demolished a house in the Bedouin village of Al-Zarora in the Negev leaving a disabled woman homeless on Wednesday morning. Head of the regional council for unrecognized...

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