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October 18, 2016

Barzani: Mosul will not be another Aleppo

President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani said yesterday that Peshmerga forces had freed 200 kilometres of land around Mosul from Daesh, warning that the city would not...

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October 18, 2016

Ankara bans public meetings due to fears of attacks

Authorities in the Turkish capital Ankara have banned public meetings and marches until the end of November after receiving intelligence that militants were planning attacks in the city, which...

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October 18, 2016

Kuwaiti elections set for November

Kuwaiti government sources said that parliamentary elections will be held on 26 November, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The sources told Anadolu that the Ministerial Council approved a draft...

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October 18, 2016

Turkey: Coalition warplanes kill 20 Daesh militants in Syria

US-led coalition warplanes killed 20 Daesh militants in Syria over the last 24 hours, the Turkish military said today, nearly two months into a Turkey-backed opposition operation to drive...

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October 18, 2016

The Gulf States and Turkey are in favour of adjusting imbalances

In the middle of the Iraq-Turkey dispute about the latter’s participation in the battle to expel Daesh from Mosul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a ceremony for...

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October 18, 2016

Syrian security chief makes public Cairo visit

Syria’s national security chief met a senior Egyptian intelligence official in Cairo, Egypt, Syria’s state news agency said yesterday, in the latest sign of a rift between Egypt and...

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October 18, 2016

UNESCO to repeat vote ruling no Jewish link to Al-Aqsa

UNESCO’s Administrative Committee will today repeat a vote held last week which denied the existence of a relationship between Judaism and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Mexico requested the vote be repeated,...

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October 18, 2016

Russia, Syria stop airstrikes on Aleppo

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced this morning that Russian and Syrian air forces had stopped airstrikes on Aleppo from 10.00 local time (07.00 GMT), ahead of the announced...

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October 18, 2016

UN official: Israeli blockade delaying Gaza reconstruction

A senior United Nations (UN) official yesterday warned of the deteriorating conditions in the Gaza Strip, and said the Israeli blockade was delaying reconstruction efforts. The director of operations...

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October 18, 2016

US solidarity group renames to emphasise Palestinian rights

The leading US-based umbrella organisation for Palestine solidarity has changed its name, and is now known as the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Until now, the 15-year-old coalition was...

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