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January 27, 2019

Morocco protest leader ‘hurt’ inside prison

The leader of protests over economic woes in Morocco’s Rif region, Nasser Zefzafi, was hurt inside prison, according to prison authorities on Sunday. In June, Zefzafi was sentenced to...

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January 27, 2019

Russia calls for Syria’s return to Arab League

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday called for unfreezing Syria’s membership in the Arab League, two months before the annual Arab summit in Tunisia in March. “We would...

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January 27, 2019

Hezbollah says two obstacles remain for Lebanon government

The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said on Saturday that two obstacles remain before the formation of a new Lebanese government after months of political jostling, but there is...

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January 27, 2019

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah

Turkey’s national flag carrier Turkish Airlines resumed its flights to the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah after the lifting of the ban that was imposed in September 2017. Ali Khalil Ibrahim, an Iraqi civil aviation...

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January 27, 2019

One dead after protesters storm Turkish military camp in north Iraq

One protester was killed and at least 10 others wounded when they stormed a Turkish military camp near Dohuk in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Saturday, burning two tanks...

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January 27, 2019

US comedian Roseanne, shunned since racist tweet, visits Israel

Roseanne Barr, the American comedian whose television show was cancelled last year after she made a racist remark on Twitter, visited Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday as part of...

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January 27, 2019

Bomb attacks kill four policemen in northern Iraq: police

At least four policemen were killed and 11 wounded by two roadside bombs that targeted police convoys in separate attacks in northern Iraq on Sunday, the service and medical...

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January 27, 2019

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says ‘surprising’ Israel took so long to find tunnels

Iran-backed Hezbollah has “for years” been able to enter Israel, the Lebanese group’s leader said on Saturday, responding for the first time to Israel’s discovery of tunnels dug into...

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January 27, 2019

Syria: Turkey must pull troops to revive historic security pact

Syria said on Saturday it was ready to revive a landmark security deal with Turkey that normalised ties for two decades before the 2011 conflict if Ankara pulled its...

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January 27, 2019

Saudi seeks to attract $427 bln with industrial programme

Saudi Arabia aims to attract private sector investments worth 1.6 trillion riyals ($427 billion) over the next decade through an industrial development programme aimed at diversifying the economy, Energy...

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