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December 27, 2015

Turkey reiterates support for Syrian opposition

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reiterated Turkey’s support for Syrian opposition forces ahead of UN-backed negotiations on the future of the war-torn country. Davutoglu was speaking amid a meeting...

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December 27, 2015

UN sets January 25 as target date to begin Syria talks

The United Nations’ special envoy for Syria said Saturday he aims to bring together the country’s warring factions on January 25 to begin peace talks to end the five-year-old...

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December 27, 2015

Malaysia bans Israeli athletes from international sailing meet

Malaysia has sought to defend itself for denying visas to two Israeli windsurfers hoping to compete in an international competition, saying Sunday that they had refused to accept rules...

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December 26, 2015

Landmines on the path to a Saudi-Algeria rapprochement

Algeria is distracted by its African surroundings, which it gives priority over its Arab milieu. This increases its isolation from the Arabs; indeed, it is currently hosting the Summit...

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December 26, 2015

Houthis shell Yemeni presidential palace in Maarib

A number of Yemeni soldiers were killed and injured Saturday when the Houthi Shia militia targeted a presidential palace in Maarib, a medical source told Anadolu Agency. The source...

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December 26, 2015

The power of tribal politics in Yemen should not be ignored

Last week, as Houthi, Saleh and Hadi representatives met in Geneva for UN-sponsored peace talks, there was a ceasefire on the ground. On the first day of the talks,...

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December 26, 2015

Iraqi Shia leader calls for release of Qatari kidnap victims

The representative of Iraq’s top Shia spiritual leader called on Friday for the release of the Qataris kidnapped in Iraq, AlKhaleeonline.com has reported. A group of armed Iraqis kidnapped...

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December 26, 2015

UN can take issue of enforced disappearances in Egypt to ICC, warns former vice president

A Nobel laureate and former vice president has warned that the UN Security Council is able to take the issue of enforced disappearances in Egypt to the International Criminal...

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December 26, 2015

Israelis kill two Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Friday and wounded more than 30 others in the besieged Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank A spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of...

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December 26, 2015

Qatar accuses Assad of being ‘main sponsor of terror’

Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday that Syria’s Assad regime is the main sponsor of terror, Felesteen newspaper has reported. “I think that Bashar Al-Assad is one of the...

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