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November 8, 2019

Syria: ‘I finally learnt how to enjoy the torture,’ says former prisoner

Screams of agony became the norm, his own as well as thousands of others. And so did the deafening silence. For three years, Omar AlShogre, 24, was confined in...
November 8, 2019

Syria constitution drafting committee concludes first round of talks

The mini-constitution drafting committee of Syria yesterday concluded the first round of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The delegations representing the Syrian opposition, the regime and civil...

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November 8, 2019

Riyadh delays the inevitable; the Houthis have the power in Yemen, Hadi has no authority

This week saw the signing of the much-delayed Riyadh Agreement between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government of exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and the UAE-supported Southern Transitional Council (STC). The...

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November 8, 2019

Qatar to hold Shura Council elections for first time

Qatar’s emir has ordered that a committee be established to organise the country’s first ever elections to the Shura Council, state news agency QNA reported. The committee will be...

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November 8, 2019

EU foreign policy chief slams Iraq use of violence against protesters

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, has criticised the Iraq security forces’ excessive use of force against protesters. “The excessive use of...

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November 8, 2019

US-led maritime coalition begins mission to protect Gulf waters

A US-led naval coalition yesterday officially launched a mission from its base in Bahrain to protect shipping in the Gulf region following a series of attacks on ships and...

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November 8, 2019

Basrah puts Iraq’s history on display

READ: Baghdad comes to Stratford in RSC-commissioned play ...

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November 8, 2019

Iraq challenges are increasing, warns PM

Thousands of projects have been disrupted due to poor planning as the protests continue, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Adil Abdul Mahdi, announced yesterday. “Some 5,000 national projects have not...

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November 8, 2019

Erdogan before meeting Trump: ‘US is not fulfilling agreement with Syria’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the United States is not fulfilling its obligations in the Syrian deal, i.e. to take Kurdish fighters out of the...

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November 8, 2019

Syria’s oil minister says production unit in Banias refinery damaged in explosion

There was a large explosion in one of the production units of Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast during maintenance operations, Syria’s oil minister said on Thursday, Reuters...

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