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July 1, 2018

Israel warns Syrian army away from Golan, boosts frontier forces

Israel beefed up its tank and artillery deployment on the Golan Heights frontier with Syria on Sunday, reports Reuters, cautioning Damascus’ forces to keep a distance as they sweep...

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July 1, 2018

UAE pauses Hudaydah offensive for UN Yemen peace efforts

The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday it had halted its military campaign against the Iran-aligned Houthis for control of Yemen’s main port city of Hudaydah to support UN...

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July 1, 2018

One dead in Iraq's Kirkuk in suicide bombing near ballot box store, 2 days before recount

One person was killed in Iraq’s Kirkuk on Sunday when a suicide car bomb went off near a storage site housing ballot boxes from a May national election, police...

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July 1, 2018

Trump ally Giuliani says end is near for Iran's rulers

US President Donald Trump will suffocate Iran’s “dictatorial ayatollahs”, his close ally Rudy Giuliani said on Saturday, suggesting his move to re-impose sanctions was aimed squarely at regime change....

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July 1, 2018

Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on Tuesday

Iraq will begin a manual recount of votes on Tuesday from a May parliamentary election clouded by allegations of fraud, reports Reuters, a step towards the formation of a...

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July 1, 2018

Egypt's Sisi, facing online backlash, says country is on the 'right track

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt was on the “right track” to rebuild its economy after years of instability that had nearly brought the country to its...

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July 1, 2018

Kuwait to raise oil output by 85,000 bpd

Kuwait will raise oil output by 85,000 barrels per day (bpd)starting on Sunday, part of an agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC producers to increase production by one million bpd,...

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July 1, 2018

Merkel secures asylum seeker return deals with 14 EU countries

Fourteen European Union countries have said they are prepared to sign deals with Germany to take back asylum seekers who had previously registered elsewhere, part of an effort to...

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July 1, 2018

Egyptian court delays verdict in mass trial over Rabaa sit-in

An Egyptian court on Saturday delayed a final ruling in a case against 739 people involved in a 2013 sit-in protest that was broken up by security forces, saying...

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July 1, 2018

Syrian opposition resume peace talks with Russians

Talks between the Syrian opposition and Russian negotiators to reach a ceasefire in a rebel-held town in southwestern Syria have resumed after mediation by Jordan that has been seeking...

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