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October 5, 2016

Iran warns Saudi over Arabian Gulf naval exercises

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Saudi Arabian naval vessels taking part in military exercises in the Arabian Gulf today to not get close to Iranian waters, in...

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October 5, 2016

Refugees march to demand Hungary opens its borders

Hundreds of refugees and migrants walked 200 kilometres from the Serbian capital Belgrade towards the border with Hungary yesterday to protest against its closure. The group chanted and held...

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October 5, 2016

Libyan forces reduce Daesh’s grip on Sirte

Pro-government Libyan forces backed by US airstrikes are making advances in Sirte, Daesh’s stronghold in the country. The campaign to rid the city of Daesh has been ongoing for...

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October 5, 2016

Saudi refuses support for UN probe into war crimes

Saudi Arabia rejected a request by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Bin Al-Hussein to form an international commission of inquiry into war crimes committed...

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October 5, 2016

Activists’ plea for Norway to stop Israeli attack on flotilla

Campaigners aboard the Women’s Boat to Gaza have written a letter to the foreign minister of Norway urging him to “to ask Israel not to hijack this solidarity boat...

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October 5, 2016

Turkish soldier killed in clashes with Daesh in Syria

One Turkish soldier was killed and three others injured in a clash with Daesh fighters in northern Syria in which 23 militants were “neutralised”, the Turkish military said today...

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October 5, 2016

UK rejects Houthi’s ‘national salvation’ government

UK’s Minister for the Middle East and Africa Tobias Ellwood has expressed his “concern” after the announcement that Houthi and Saleh forces have instated a government of “national salvation”....

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October 5, 2016

US questions Russia’s intentions after air defence system deployed in Syria

Russia announced that it has deployed advanced air defence missile systems to Syria. Russia’s Ministry of Defence spokesman Majority General Igor Konashenkov said a battery of S-300 air defence...

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October 5, 2016

Turkey stands with Saudi against JASTA

Turkey supports Saudi Arabia against the US’ recently approved Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) which it said “threatens sovereignty of states”, Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

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October 5, 2016

UN experts rubbish Russian claims over Aleppo aid bombing

Analysis of satellite imagery of a deadly attack on an aid convoy in Syria last month showed that it was an airstrike, a UN expert said today. Some 20...

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