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July 11, 2019

The dilemma of captured Daesh fighters and abandoned children? Who is responsible?

Donald Rumsfeld, the notorious former United States defence secretary, in describing his endless war on terror, once said: “We need a new vocabulary.” How would Rumsfeld, an advocate of...

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July 11, 2019

Firefighters battling to contain fire in SW Turkey

Firefighters are battling to contain a forest fire which erupted in southwestern Turkey, Anadolu reports. The fire broke out on Wednesday in Dalaman, in the Mugla province, for unknown reasons...

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July 11, 2019

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deny trying to stop British tanker in Gulf-Fars news

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected on Thursday a US claim that they tried to stop a British tanker in the Gulf a day earlier, the Guards said in a...

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July 11, 2019

Iran’s Rouhani warns UK of ‘consequences’ after seizure of oil tanker

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday warned Britain of the “consequences” of its detention of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, the Tasnim news agency reported. “I point...

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July 11, 2019

Yemen calls on UN to prevent Houthis from executing 30 activists

The Yemeni government yesterday called on the United Nations to intervene “by all means” and prevent the Houthis from executing 30 political activists in Sanaa. In a letter sent...

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July 11, 2019

Yemen’s Houthis recruit 30,000 child soldiers: Minister

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has recruited more than 30,000 child soldiers since war broke out in the country, a government official said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The Houthis sent them...

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July 11, 2019

Iranian boats try to seize British oil tanker: report

Five armed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boats attempted to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, US news agency CNN and Anadolu reported....

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July 11, 2019

US Senate Foreign Relations chairman offers Saudi rights bill

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Republican chairman, Senator Jim Risch, introduced legislation on Wednesday punishing Saudi Arabia over human rights abuses and criticizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...

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July 11, 2019

Algeria denies statements about Haftar attributed to its foreign ministry

The Algerian foreign ministry has denied statements attributed to Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi by foreign and local media about Libyan General Khalifa Haftar. A statement issued by the Ministry...

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July 11, 2019

US troubled by rise in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

The US voiced concern Wednesday to the UN’s Yemen envoy over a recent uptick in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Martin Griffiths for...

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