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October 15, 2018

Tale of two brothers reflects Syrian rebel unity and divisions

Brothers Abu Eliyas and Abu Yousef have fought at opposite ends of the insurgency against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reports. One is a member of a rebel group that...

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October 15, 2018

Ford Motor chairman cancels visit to Saudi investor conference

Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford cancelled a multi-stop trip to the Middle East, including a planned appearance at a Saudi investment conference, the company said on Sunday, the...

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October 15, 2018

Syrian hardliners signal acceptance of Idlib deal

Syria’s main hardliner group signalled on Sunday it would abide by the terms of a Russian-Turkish deal to prevent a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held Idlib the day before a...

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October 15, 2018

How can the new Egyptian measure achieve a truce in Gaza?

The pace of regional and international measures aimed at reaching a consensus regarding the path to achieving a truce that reduces the chances of a new confrontation between Israel...

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October 15, 2018

Atef Tarawneh wins presidency of Jordanian House of Representatives for the fifth time

Atef Tarawneh won, Sunday, a fifth term as president of the Jordanian House of Representatives. Tarawneh, who caucuses with the Al-Watan bloc won 87 votes while 39 votes went to his his rival, Abdullah Akayleh, the...

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October 14, 2018

Egypt court upholds death sentences for 3 suspected militants

An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld death sentences for three people for establishing and running a militant group known as Ansar al-Sharia, two judicial sources and state news agency MENA...

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October 14, 2018

Lavrov says Russia keen to boost airline security with Egypt

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that his country was eager to work with Egypt to boost airline security, three years after a bomb attack downed a Russian plane,...

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October 14, 2018

Death toll rises to 20 after suicide bombings in southern Somalia

The death toll has risen to 20 people on Sunday following two suspected suicide bombers that struck in the southern Somali city of Baidoa on Saturday, a local hospital...

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October 14, 2018

Saudi threatens to retaliate against any US sanctions over Khashoggi disappearance

Saudi Arabia rejected threats to punish it over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, saying the kingdom would retaliate against any sanctions with tougher measures, the official...

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October 14, 2018

Iran arrests member of military over Ahvaz parade attack

Iran has arrested a member of its military in connection with a gun attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz last month which killed 25 people, Fars...

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