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December 12, 2018

Turkey to launch operation against US-backed Kurds in Syria

Turkey will launch a new military operation in northern Syria within days, targeting Kurdish militia fighters who are supported by U.S. troops east of the Euphrates river, President Tayyip...

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December 12, 2018

Yemen: Agreement to reopen Sanaa airport

Yemen’s warring parties agreed on Wednesday to reopen Sanaa airport in the Houthi-held capital, sources said, as Western nations pressed the two sides to accept confidence-building steps before the...

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December 12, 2018

US wants UN to ban nuclear ballistic missile work by Iran

Washington will push the UN Security Council to toughen its stance against Iran working on ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons and carrying out ballistic missile launches, US...

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December 12, 2018

Khashoggi killing derails Bin Salman’s flagship project

Doubts have grown over the future of one of Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious projects in the aftermath of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country’s Consulate in...

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December 12, 2018

Pelican rescue

People try to reach a pelican to remove rope that sealed its beak shut in Turkey ...

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December 12, 2018

In first, UK spokesperson tweets about ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

British spokesman for the Middle East and North Africa Edwin Samuel yesterday tweeted about the suffering of Palestinians in the occupied territories, prompting controversy among Palestinians and Arabs about the...

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December 12, 2018

Egyptian man sues wife for subjecting daughters to FGM

An Egyptian man has filed a case against his wife for subjecting his daughters to female genital mutilation (FGM) without his or his daughters’ consent. In a phone interview...

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December 12, 2018

Egypt to amend controversial NGO law

Egypt is planning to amend its controversial civil society law, ratified by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi about a year and a half ago. The Egyptian cabinet said in a...

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December 12, 2018

‘Unprecedented’ decline in number of American Jews on ‘Birthright’ trips to Israel

There has been a sharp decline in the number of American Jews participating in the “Birthright” trips to Israel this winter, reported Haaretz, describing “a downturn of this magnitude,...

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December 12, 2018

UN: 250,000 Syrian refugees could return home in 2019

A quarter of a million Syrian refugees could return home next year, although many still face problems with documentation and property, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) announced...

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