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July 27, 2019

Turkey says it ‘neutralised’ 34 PKK militants in air strikes on July 17-19

Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday it had “neutralised” 34 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq in airstrikes on July 17-19, reports Reuters. Sixteen militants were “neutralised”...

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July 27, 2019

Oman’s top diplomat in Iran talks amid mounting Gulf tensions

Oman’s minister responsible for foreign affairs held talks with Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, as tensions mount in the Gulf after Tehran detained a British-flagged...

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July 27, 2019

Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral

Tunisia bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Qatar’s...

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July 27, 2019

Sudan says 87 killed, 168 wounded when June 3 protest broken up

The head of a Sudanese investigation into the violent break up of a protest by security forces said on Saturday that 87 people were killed and 168 wounded in...

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July 27, 2019

UN: 400,000 displaced in northwest Syria in 3 months

More than 400,000 people have been displaced as a result of the Russian and Syrian regime bombardment of the northwestern Syria province of Idlib over the past three months,...

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July 27, 2019

Palestinians continue protests against Lebanon work restriction

For the second Friday, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested against Lebanese work restrictions imposed on them, Quds Press reported. Thousands of refugees in Lebanon took...

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July 27, 2019

Amnesty: Saudi cleric Ouda faces possible death penalty for peaceful activism

Amnesty International is calling on Saudi Arabia to drop plans to seek the execution of cleric Salman Al-Ouda and release him without condition. In a press release issued yesterday,...

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July 27, 2019

Israel attacks protesters in newly demolished Jerusalem area

Israeli occupation forces yesterday attacked Palestinian protesters in the Wadi Al-Hummus neighbourhood of the occupied Jerusalem town of Sur Baher, Ma’an reported. The protesters gathered on both sides of...

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July 27, 2019

Mauritania president sacks minister 5 days before leaving office

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz yesterday sacked Health Minister Boubacar Kane just five days before he is due to step down from his post as the country’s head, the...

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July 27, 2019

First batch of Gaza pilgrims arrives in Saudi Arabia

The first batch of Palestinian pilgrims from Gaza arrived on Thursday in Saudi Arabia, passing through Egypt and flying from Cairo airport, the Palestinian Waqf Ministry said. Palestinian Authority...

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