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December 30, 2018

Hamas denies Mubarak's testimony on Egypt jailbreak

Palestinian group Hamas has denied the veracity of a testimony by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the group’s involvement in a mass jailbreak in 2011. In a court...

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December 30, 2018

US commanders recommend letting Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons

US commanders planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Daesh be allowed to keep US-supplied weapons, four US officials reportedly said...

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December 30, 2018

Morocco arrests Swiss national in connection with killing of Scandinavians

Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland,...

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December 30, 2018

Israel's Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election

A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of...

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December 30, 2018

Russia, Turkey discuss coordination in Syria after US withdrawal

Foreign and defence ministers from Russia and Turkey discussed coordination between their forces in Syria after the United States’ decision to withdraw troops from the Arab republic, Russian Foreign...

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December 30, 2018

Yemen's Houthis start redeployment in Hudaydah as part of UN deal

Yemen’s Houthi forces have started to redeploy from the port of the Red Sea city of Hudaydah as part of a UN-sponsored peace agreement signed in Sweden earlier this...

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December 30, 2018

With US departure, Syria's Manbij braces for upheaval

The city of Manbij has switched control more than most places in Syria’s civil war. With US troops set to leave after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw them,...

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December 29, 2018

Israel demolished 538 homes, facilities in West Bank in 2018

Israel demolished 538 Palestinian homes and facilities across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in 2018, leaving 1,300 Palestinians and 225 children homeless. A report issued yesterday by the...

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December 29, 2018

Israel arrested 5,700 Palestinians, 980 children in 2018

Israel arrested 5,700 Palestinians in 2018, including 980 children and 175 women, the Palestine Prisoners’ Centre for Studies announced yesterday. Director of the centre Riyadh Al-Ashqar said that the...

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December 29, 2018

Italy to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said yesterday that his country is planning to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Answering a question during a traditional end-of-year press conference held in the Italian capital...

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