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January 11, 2020

Dubai airport flights delayed, cancelled due to heavy rain

Dubai International, one of the world’s busiest airports, cancelled, diverted and delayed flights on Saturday due to heavy rain and flooding, Dubai Airports said, Reuters reports. Flights are likely...

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January 11, 2020

Israel announces participation in inauguration of synagogue in Egypt

On Friday it was revealed that the Israeli Foreign Ministry received an invitation from the Jewish community in Egypt to participate in the inauguration of a synagogue in Alexandria,...

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January 11, 2020

Iran says military shot down Ukrainian passenger plane in error

Iran said on Saturday its military had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard, saying air defences were fired in error while on high alert in...

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January 11, 2020

Iraq officially asks US to initiate troop withdrawal

On Friday, the Iraqi government asked Washington to formulate the mechanism for the withdrawal of its forces from Iraq. The government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi called on the US administration...

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January 11, 2020

WikiLeaks reveals Bin Zayed’s opinion on Saudi royal family

A new telegram published on the WikiLeaks website, an international non-profit website specialising in publishing confidential documents, revealed the concerns of the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin...

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January 11, 2020

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; cousin Haitham named successor

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East’s longest serving rulers who maintained the country’s neutrality in regional struggles, died on Friday and his cousin Haitham bin...

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January 10, 2020

Turkey says ceasefire will be implemented in Syria’s Idlib in January

Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that it had agreed with Russia that a ceasefire will be implemented on Sunday in northwestern Syria’s Idlib region to stem the flow...

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January 10, 2020

14 soldiers injured in clashes with Lebanese protesters

Lebanon’s army on Friday announced that at least 14 soldiers were injured by stone-throwing protesters in Tripoli, northern Lebanon. According to a statement by the Army Command-Orientation Directorate, quoted...

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January 10, 2020

US wants independent probe into Ukrainian plane crash, says US official

The United States wants a thorough and independent investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Iran that killed 176 people, the State Department’s top diplomat for...

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January 10, 2020

Misty eyed in Istanbul

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