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February 29, 2020

US to keep working with Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on Blue Nile dam

The United States will continue to work with Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan until they sign an accord on a giant Blue Nile hydropower dam, after failing to secure signatures...

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February 29, 2020

No breakthrough in Gulf dispute, Qatar foreign minister says

Talks on ending a nearly-three-year-old diplomatic dispute in the Gulf have produced “no breakthrough”, Qatar foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Saturday, Reuters reports. He told Al...

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February 29, 2020

South Yemen gunmen prevent ship from offloading fuel in Aden

Yemeni gunmen entered on Saturday a port in the southern city of Aden and prevented a tanker from offloading a diesel cargo because the importing company is affiliated with...

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February 29, 2020

Qatar confirms first case of coronavirus

Qatar’s Health Ministry reported the first case of the novel coronavirus in the country on Saturday, Anadolu reports. A 36-year old Qatari citizen who returned recently from Iran tested...

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February 29, 2020

US-Taliban sign historic troop withdrawal deal in Doha

The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14...

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February 29, 2020

Unknown assassins kill prominent tribal leader in Iraq

Sheikh Abdul Saheb Sa’doun, chief of the Al-Hamaid tribe, and his wife were stabbed to death on Friday by unknown armed men in the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar,...

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February 29, 2020

Israel settlers uproot hundreds of trees in Bethlehem

On Friday extremist Israeli settlers uprooted hundreds of olive trees and grapevines in the Al-Khader neighbourhood, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Safa news agency reported. Local...

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February 29, 2020

Leaked document: $24,000 dinner for Netanyahu and wife

Nir Hefetz, former aide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, informed Israeli police that Netanyahu and his wife had dinner at a Moscow restaurant in 2010 at an expense...

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February 29, 2020

EU: ‘Ongoing escalation needs to stop urgently’ in Idlib

The high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, on Friday announced via his twitter account: “Ongoing escalation around needs to stop urgently” in...

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February 29, 2020

Bennett: Israel to push Iran out of Syria within 12 months

Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Friday that Israel aims to push Iran out of Syria within the upcoming 12 months, Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post reported. “I have a...

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