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September 16, 2016

BBC Persian anchor accused of anti-Kurd bias

A BBC Persian news anchor has been blasted by Iranian-Kurdish social media users for showing alleged anti-Kurd bias during an interview with a member of the Kurdish opposition earlier...

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September 16, 2016

Egypt supports Haftar and his efforts to secure Libya’s oil wealth

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said today that Egypt supports the Libyan National Army (LNA) and its leader Khalifa Haftar and moves made by the commander to maintain stability...

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September 16, 2016

Former Palestinian PM urges annulment of Oslo Accords

Ahmed Qurei, a former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiator with Israel, has declared that he supports annulling the Oslo Accords. As reported by Xinhua, Qurei...

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September 16, 2016

Israeli soldiers massacred POWs, newspaper claims

Israeli soldiers “murdered dozens of captives” in an incident subsequently covered up by the authorities, an article in Israeli newspaper Haaretz has claimed. The report, by editor Aluf Benn,...

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September 16, 2016

Jamaica withdraws recognition for Western Sahara

Jamaica has decided to withdraw its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) declared by the Polisario Front, the Moroccan Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade reported...

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September 16, 2016

Major differences between US, Turkey threaten bilateral ties

Turkey’s role in the joint offensive to recapture the Daesh major urban centres of Raqqa and Mosul, in Syria and Iraq respectively, looks uncertain. Key differences between the US,...

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September 16, 2016

Soleimani distances himself from Iranian presidential race

Top Iranian military commander, Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani, made rare comments to the Iranian media yesterday in an attempt to distance himself from the Iranian presidential race due to...

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September 16, 2016

UK troops condemned for Iraqi child’s death

Four UK soldiers, who forced an Iraqi child into a canal at gunpoint during the British occupation of Basra in 2003, have been condemned by a senior British judge...

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September 16, 2016

Turkey tops UN list of countries hosting refugees

Turkey took in more refugees than any other country in the world during the first half of last year, according to a UN official. The assertion was made at...

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September 16, 2016

British Embassy in Turkey closes due to security concerns

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced today that it will close its embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara due to concerns over security. Last night, the FCO...

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