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March 15, 2019

Hezbollah’s capabilities ‘doubled,’ says Iranian official

Lebanon’s Hezbollah capabilities have doubled more than 100 times, the head of the defence office for Iran’s Fikr Al-Islam movement, Abbas-Ali Farzandi, said yesterday. Speaking at a ceremony held...

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March 15, 2019

External Relations Officer of Ennahda Movement to ‘public’: Tunisia will not return to tyranny

The External Relations Officer of the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, Rafiq Abdul Salam, has said that that violation and negligence are behind the incident of the death of 11 babies...

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March 14, 2019

Turkey: President says no U-turn on Russian S-400 deal

Turkey’s president said Thursday that Turkey will not make a U-turn on its deal to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems, Anadolu Agency reports. “We finished this business. For...

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March 14, 2019

EU asylum applications at 580,000, down 11% in 2018

The EU saw 580,800 first-time asylum application in 2018, a drop of 11 per cent, the bloc’s statistical office reported on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The number of applicants...

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March 14, 2019

UN raises $7bn for Syria from donors

The United Nations won almost $7 bn in aid pledges for Syria on Thursday, overcoming fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and sidestepping divisions over how...

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March 14, 2019

Yemenis bury children killed in Hajjah air strikes

Hundreds of mourners in northern Yemen on Thursday buried 17 civilians, including nine children, killed in air strikes last week as Western pressure increased on the warring parties to...

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March 14, 2019

Bahrain sentences 167 people to prison in crackdown on dissent

A Bahraini court sentenced 167 people arrested in 2017 at a sit-in outside the home of Bahrain’s leading Shia Muslim cleric to between six months and 10 years in...

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March 14, 2019

Israel suspects Iran of hacking election frontrunner Gantz’s phone

Israel’s Shin Bet security service suspects Iran of hacking the mobile phone of Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s toughest rival in the April 9 election, an Israeli television...

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March 14, 2019

Rashida Tlaib backs students in crucial BDS movement in US college

Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib is backing a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) move by an American university. The Council of Pitzer College in Southern California is today expected to...

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March 14, 2019

In Israel normalising violence takes precedence over targeted assassinations

One outcome is certain when it comes to the forthcoming Israeli elections – Gaza will remain a top target for the new government. Amid the sparring between contenders for...

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