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January 13, 2019

Pompeo says good outcome possible for both Turkey and Syrian Kurds

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he was optimistic that a “good outcome” could be reached between Turkey and Syrian Kurdish groups, after speaking to the...

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January 13, 2019

Turkey sends more reinforcements to border with Syria's Idlib

A Turkish security source said the Turkish army had been rotating forces in and out of the region...

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January 13, 2019

Syria says Israel fired missiles toward Damascus, hit airport warehouse

The Syrian state news agency said Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles toward the Damascus area on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences that shot down most of them....

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January 13, 2019

Yemen: Explosion sparks fire at Aden refinery, cause unknown

The refinery previously came under attack by Houthi rebels in 2015...

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January 13, 2019

Security forces fire tear gas as more protests hit Sudanese cities

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who marched after noon prayers in the capital Khartoum on Friday as protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year-old rule widened,...

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January 13, 2019

Lebanon bonds tumble after debt rescheduling report

Lebanon’s dollar-denominated sovereign bonds tumbled for a second day on Friday following a Bloomberg report quoting the finance minister saying a fiscal reform plan included a debt rescheduling, reported...

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January 13, 2019

Israeli gunfire kills 44 year old Gaza woman during border protests

The 44-year-old woman, Amal Mustafa Abu Sultan, killed on Friday was shot in the head...

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January 12, 2019

1.3 million Egyptians applied for US Green Card in 2018

A US Government report has shown that the number of Arab citizens who applied to the random US emigration visa programme known as the ‘lottery’ reached four million in...

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January 12, 2019

An international criminal gang has been smashed, freeing a British kidnap victim in Syria

Kidnapped from Idlib in November 2018, British aid worker Muhammad Shabir's kidnappers demanded a $4 million ransom for his release...

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January 12, 2019

Fatah-Hamas political disputes lead to unprecedented frustration and mistrust

The antipathy between the two main rival Palestinian political factions – Fatah and Hamas – has reached an unprecedented level in recent weeks. Ordinary Palestinians hoped that 2019 would...

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