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January 23, 2020

Berlin Conference on Libya was different, but hypocrisy could derail it

Twelve world leaders, the UN, the EU, the Arab League and the African Union attended the Berlin Conference on Libya last Sunday. They produced a very detailed communique of...

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January 23, 2020

Turkey calls on Russia to halt attacks on Syria’s Idlib

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu yesterday called on Russia to fulfil its pledges to a ceasefire in Syria’s north-western city of Idlib. Speaking on the sidelines of the fiftieth annual...

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January 23, 2020

UN: 60 air strikes carried out by foreign countries supporting Haftar

A report issued by the Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, revealed on Tuesday that the army of eastern Libya, led by Field Marshall Khalifa...

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January 23, 2020

Libya suspends air traffic in Tripoli’s Mitiga after missile strike

Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) yesterday suspended air traffic at the Mitiga airport in the capital Tripoli after it was struck by missiles. “The Mitiga airport was attacked...

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January 23, 2020

US opposes Israel annexation of West Bank before peace plan revealed

The White House is opposing any Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank “before declaring its prospective plan to settle the Israel-Palestinian conflict, known as Deal...

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January 23, 2020

Tunisia: Ghannouchi discusses Libya crisis with EU official

Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi yesterday discussed with European Parliament Vice-President Fabio Massimo Castaldo the efforts of a peaceful resolution to the Libyan crisis and the achievement of stability in...

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January 23, 2020

Bezos tweets #Jamal tribute after Saudi hacking reports

Jeff Bezos tweeted a tribute to slain columnist Jamal Khashoggi Wednesday after reports indicated that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman personally hacked the Amazon CEO and Washington Post...

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January 23, 2020

More US troops leave Iraq over potential injuries as Trump downplays brain risk

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 US service members in Iran’s recent attack on a base in Iraq...

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January 22, 2020

Haftar forces threaten to hit civilian planes in Libya

Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade commander Khalifa Haftar Wednesday declared Libya’s capital of Tripoli and its surrounding areas as a “no-fly zone” and threatened to hit civilian planes, Anadolu...

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January 22, 2020

The effects of the downing of Ukraine flight on US-Canada relations

On 11 January, Iranian senior leaders formally apologised for their “disastrous mistake” of shooting down a commercial airliner, flight 752, allegedly confusing it for a US cruise missile. “Our profound regrets,...

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