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September 20, 2016

Turkey FM: Ground operation a must in Daesh fight

Daesh cannot be easily defeated without a ground operation, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday. “This is what we have been asking at every meeting. Without ground operation...

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September 20, 2016

Houthis condemn relocation of Yemen Central Bank

A spokesman for the Houthi rebels in Yemen has condemned the relocation of the country’s Central Bank to Aden by the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. According to...

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September 20, 2016

Russia keeps embassy in Libya closed

Russia will not reopen its embassy in Libya due to security concerns, the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik on Friday. “To date, there is neither Russian...

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September 19, 2016

Assad regime unilaterally announces end of Syria truce

Syria’s Assad regime on Monday unilaterally announced the end of a cease-fire — sponsored by the US and Russia — that came into effect on 12 September to mark the...

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September 19, 2016

Erdogan: Safe zone along Turkey-Syria border is growing

Turkey-backed opposition forces may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focussed on heading towards the Daesh-held town of Al-Bab, Turkish President...

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September 19, 2016

Israel returns body of Jordanian killed by its forces in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities yesterday returned the body of a Jordanian citizen who was killed on Friday to his family, a lawyer for the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said. Muhammad...

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September 19, 2016

UK activists use ‘lifejacket graveyard’ to highlight plight of refugees

As world leaders gather in New York for the first UN Migration Summit, humanitarian organisations in London, UK, laid out 2,500 lifejackets in Parliament Square today to highlight the...

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September 19, 2016

UN war crimes panel on Syria seeks access to refugees in Europe

UN war crimes investigators today called on European countries to let them interview more newly-arrived Syrian refugees to document fresh violations, saying it had become increasingly difficult. The panel,...

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September 19, 2016

Charles Le Brun and the ‘Arab Winter’

The recent rise and use of the term “Arab Winter” by those on the left- and right-wing seems to unite different and opposite worldviews regarding the prospects of democracy,...

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September 19, 2016

Abbas meets Arab officials in Venezuela

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met a number of Arab ambassadors at the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Venezuela yesterday. Abbas informed them of the difficult circumstances...

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