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  • September 18, 2016

    US-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency UN meeting

    US-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security Council meeting as tensions between Moscow...

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  • September 18, 2016

    Iran urges US to unblock aircraft deals, seeks investors

    Iran urged the United States on Sunday to remove remaining obstacles to it buying passenger planes following the lifting of international sanctions and spread out the welcome mat to...

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  • September 18, 2016

    Government forces claim to retake key Libya oilfields

    Forces aligned with Libya’s unity government on Sunday launched a counter attack on troops loyal to a rival government, claiming to take control of key eastern oil terminals. “Our...

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  • September 18, 2016

    Basbousa

    This recipe definitely takes me back to my grandmother’s house. Every time I make it, I can hear her yelling at us to stop eating it straight from the...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Lavrov to Kerry: US military officials should monitor Syria truce

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry that military officials from the United States should be fully involved in monitoring the ceasefire in Syria,...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Turkish troops and PKK terrorists clash in southeast Turkey

    Three Turkish soldiers and four Kurdish militants belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed on Saturday in clashes in Turkey’s southeast, Reuters reported today. The fighting took...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Morocco rejects nomination of Salafi preacher for parliamentary election

    The Moroccan authorities have rejected the nomination of a well-known Salafi preacher for the parliamentarian election. Hammas Al-Kabbaj was nominated by the ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD), Masralarabia.com...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Egypt rejects Russian wheat shipment

    Egyptian inspectors have rejected a 60,000-ton shipment of Russian wheat at the port of Novorossiysk due it being infected with ergot fungus, Moheet.com reported on Friday. The new Egyptian...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Assad regime blocks Aleppo aid trucks

    A spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad has blocked the passage of 40 aid trucks...

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  • September 17, 2016

    Israel uses ‘fake pretexts’ to justify shedding of Palestinian blood, claims PA

    A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority claimed on Friday that Israel uses “fake pretexts” to justify the shedding of Palestinian blood. Meanwhile, Hamas called for “escalating resistance” against the...

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