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October 15, 2016

Iraqi ‘celebrity’ Shia militant threatens Erdogan

A well-known Iraqi militant who fights for the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) has threatened to “pop in the head” if Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists...

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October 15, 2016

Highlighting Israeli violations of a world heritage site is not ‘inflammatory’, UNESCO, it’s a duty

A draft decision by UNESCO, which criticises Israel’s activities at holy places in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, has been denounced by Israeli officials. “It ignores thousands of...

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October 15, 2016

Details emerge after Saudi is murdered in Cairo

A Saudi man whose decomposing body was found in his flat in Cairo, Egypt, was strangled with a piece of cloth until he died, according to reports. The body...

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October 15, 2016

Erdogan slams Iraq over failures to deal with Daesh

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today that Iraq was incapable of driving Daesh from the city of Mosul by itself, and that the presence of Turkish forces in...

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October 15, 2016

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October 15, 2016

Saudi to compensate Yemen funeral strike families

An influential Saudi Arabian investigative body has said today that the Saudi-led coalition attacked a funeral in Yemen after receiving incorrect information that armed Houthi leaders were in the...

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October 15, 2016

Migrants pile up in Djibouti as Yemen sends boats back

Thousands of Ethiopians trekking through desert heat and war in Yemen for the sake of a low-paid job in Saudi Arabia risk getting stuck in an overcrowded migrant camp...

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October 15, 2016

Iraqi prime minister survives mortar attack in Kirkuk

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi narrowly missed being killed by mortar fire yesterday when shells hit an area that he had left just minutes earlier, the Anadolu Agency reported. A military...

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October 15, 2016

Five killed, 20 injured in Yemen funeral attack

Five people have been killed and at least 20 others were injured after two devices exploded in a funeral tent in the Yemeni city of Marib, AlKhaleejOnline.com reported yesterday....

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October 15, 2016

40,000 Syrians besieged by Hezbollah, Assad regime

Some 40,000 Syrians, more than half of them forcibly moved last year by Hezbollah and Assad regime forces to Madaya, Biqqin and Zabadani, lack access to qualified doctors, Al-Araby...

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