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March 10, 2019

Rouhani seeks to shore up Iran’s influence on Baghdad trip

President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq this week is a strong message to the United States and its regional allies that Iran still dominates Baghdad, a key arena for...

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March 10, 2019

Abbas picks loyalist Shtayyeh as Palestinian prime minister

Economist Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party, was named Palestinian prime minister on Sunday in what the rival Hamas group that runs Gaza called...

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March 10, 2019

Saudi court approves detained tycoon Sanea’s bankruptcy filing

A Saudi court has approved an application by detained and indebted billionaire Maan al-Sanea and his company, Saad, to have their case resolved through the kingdom’s new bankruptcy law,...

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March 10, 2019

Tunisia’s health minister resigns after 11 babies die in hospital

Tunisia’s health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned on Saturday after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a hospital in the capital, state news agency TAP said. The health...

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March 10, 2019

Libya’s Tripoli airport reopens after drone alert

The airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli reopened on Saturday after a brief closure due to an unidentified drone flying in the area, officials said according to a Reuters...

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March 10, 2019

Germany tightens travel advice on Turkey

Germany changed its travel advice for visitors to Turkey on Saturday, warning its citizens that they risked arrest for expressing opinions that would be tolerated at home but may...

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March 10, 2019

Palestine cuts staff pay over Israeli tax deductions

The Palestinian government will pay civil servants half of their salaries after Israel withheld tax money collected on its behalf, according to the Palestinian finance minister. “The government will...

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March 10, 2019

Iran oil ministry denies mismanagement allegations from Ahmadinejad

Iran’s oil ministry said on Sunday that it had been receiving revenues from selling oil despite difficulties caused by US sanctions, denying allegations made by former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over...

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March 10, 2019

US-backed Syrian force begins attack on Daesh enclave

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Sunday that their frontline troops had received orders to attack the final Daesh enclave in eastern Syria, and the assault could...

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March 10, 2019

Egypt’s urban inflation jumps to 14.4% in Feb

Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 14.4 percent in February from 12.7 percent in January, the official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Sunday, confounding some analysts’ expectations...

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