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January 18, 2019

Russia and Israel discuss ways to prevent troop friction in Syria

Officials of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have announced that they have held a series of meetings with a delegation of senior Russian army officers to discuss ways to...

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January 18, 2019

Medieval hostage-taking and prisoner swaps are back in vogue

Do its member states take the UN Charter seriously any more? The United Nations was originally set up “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations...

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January 18, 2019

US-led coalition strikes mosque in northern Syria

The US-led coalition hit a mosque Thursday believed to be a military command post for Daesh in northern Syria, Anadolu reports. The strike “destroyed an ISIS (Daesh) command and control facility in a...

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January 18, 2019

Sudan to increase state employees’ salaries

Sudan’s council of ministers yesterday issued a decree to increase wages for the public sector workers, state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) has reported, quoting official sources. The increment, the...

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January 18, 2019

Death toll in militia clashes in Libya’s capital rises to 10

The death toll from clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital Tripoli has risen to 10 killed and 41 wounded, the health ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Fighting...

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January 18, 2019

Yemen's warring parties hopeful on prisoner swap as Hudaydah stalls

Yemen’s warring parties hope to deliver final lists of prisoners to the United Nations after talks in Amman on Thursday under an exchange agreement, a government delegate said, Reuters reports....

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January 18, 2019

UNRWA overcomes major funding deficit, for now

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been able to make up the deficit in its budget following the US move...

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January 18, 2019

US trained UAE troops for air combat in Yemen: Report

The US Air Force has been training Saudi-led coalition personnel from the United Arab Emirates for aerial combat in Yemen, Yahoo News reported late Wednesday, citing newly obtained official...

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January 18, 2019

US believes Daesh likely responsible for Manbij blast

The US government believes the Daesh militant group is likely responsible for Wednesday’s attack in northern Syria that killed four Americans, although it has not reached a firm conclusion,...

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January 17, 2019

Israel calls Malaysian ban on its athletes 'shameful'

Israel condemned on Thursday Malaysia’s ban on Israeli participation in international sporting events it hosts and said the decision was inspired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s “rabid anti-Semitism”, says...

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