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January 22, 2020

Ex-Iraq VP accuses neighbouring countries of plans to assassinate him

Secretary-General of the Iraqi National Movement and former Vice President, Ayad Allawi, yesterday accused the intelligence services of neighbouring countries of planning to assassinate him. Allawi’s media office said...

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January 22, 2020

Report: 13 children among 50 dead in ten days in Syria’s Idlib

As many as 50 civilians, including 13 children, three women, and a civil defence official, have been killed in Syria’s Idlib over the past ten days as a result...

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January 22, 2020

PA calls on EU ‘to take clear position on Israel’s war on Jerusalem’

The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Foreign Ministry yesterday criticised the European Union (EU)’s “shy, insufficient and delayed” criticism of Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. “The Israeli state has...

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January 22, 2020

Report: Saudi Arabia paves way to restore ties with Syria

Saudi Arabia wants to restore relations with the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad following years of official boycott after the 2011 revolution, a pro-Syrian regime newspaper reported. Al-Watan said...

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January 22, 2020

Lebanon forms government with backing of Hezbollah and allies

Lebanon formed a new government on Tuesday under Prime Minister Hassan Diab after the Shi’ite group Hezbollah and its allies agreed on a cabinet that must urgently address an...

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January 22, 2020

Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians by Gaza fence

Israeli soldiers on Tuesday shot and killed three Palestinians who threw an explosive towards them after attempting to cross the fence from neighbouring Gaza, Israel’s military said. The military...

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January 22, 2020

In Chirac’s shadow, Macron steps into Jerusalem’s symbolism

Emmanuel Macron begins a visit to Jerusalem on Wednesday with a symbolic stop at one of France’s territories in the Holy Land aiming to avoid controversies of past presidents...

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January 22, 2020

Sudan doesn’t have foreign reserves to protect value of the pound

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Tuesday that his country does not have foreign currency to protect the value of the pound and that there is a “structural...

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January 22, 2020

Saudi involved in hacking of Amazon boss Bezos’ phone, UN report will say

Two UN officials will report on Wednesday that there is enough evidence suggesting that Saudi Arabia had hacked Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos’ phone and both the kingdom and...

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January 21, 2020

Turkish foreign minister meets Iraqi Kurd leader

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday met Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The closed-door meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum...

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