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December 22, 2019

Iran: Rouhani welcomes Japan backing out of US-led naval mission in Gulf

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday welcomed Japan’s decision not to join a US-led naval mission in the Gulf and said he had discussions on ways of “breaking” US...

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December 22, 2019

At least 25,000 people fled Syria’s Idlib for Turkey over 2 days

At least 25,000 civilians have fled Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib and headed towards Turkey over the past two days, Turkish state media said on Sunday, as Syrian and...

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December 22, 2019

Eastern Libyan forces seize ship with a Turkish crew – spokesman

Eastern Libyan forces seized a Grenada-flagged ship with a Turkish crew on Saturday off the Libyan coast, Reuters reported a spokesman as saying, amid rising tensions with Turkey, which...

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December 22, 2019

Russia and China block UN plan for cross-border aid to Syria

Russia, backed by China, on Friday cast its 14th UN Security Council veto since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011 to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey...

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December 22, 2019

US concerned with Libya conflict turning bloodier with Russian mercenaries

The United States is “very concerned” about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar’s forces on the ground...

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December 22, 2019

Turkey’s parliament ratifies security accord with Libya

Turkey’s parliament approved on Saturday a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised government last month, state media and Reuters reported, an agreement that could pave...

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December 22, 2019

Twitter suspends 94,000 accounts linked to Saudi spying

Weeks after US authorities brought a spying case against three Saudi nationals for digging up dissidents’ personal data at Twitter, the company suspended tens of thousands of accounts that...

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December 22, 2019

Turkish protesters march in support of Uyghurs after Ozil comments

Thousands of protesters marched in support of China’s Uyghurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil after the furore caused by his criticism of...

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December 22, 2019

‘Unveiled’: How an Iraq artist is taking control of the veiled Muslim narrative

Faceless, the silent image hanging at the entrance spoke a thousand words. Words which the artist Husam Al-Deen wanted viewers to comfortably exchange and discuss on the heavy topic...
December 21, 2019

Trump demonstrates again why Zionism is anti-Semitism

You have to hand it to Donald Trump, he knows which side his bread is buttered. Spewing out disgusting remarks that some of the commentariat deemed only “controversial” at...

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