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February 8, 2019

Trump adviser Kushner to visit Middle East on peace plan’s economic part

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will travel to at least five Arab countries in late February to brief diplomats on the economic portion of a long-awaited US peace...

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February 8, 2019

New York Times: Saudi crown prince had threatened to use ‘bullet’ on Khashoggi

A year before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told an aide he would use “a bullet” on the journalist if he did not...

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February 8, 2019

US calls on Iran to halt space launches that defy UN resolution

The US State Department said on Thursday it was aware of reports of a failed Iranian attempt to launch a satellite into space last month and it called on...

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February 8, 2019

Germany forces European company to stop supplying Saudi Arabia with ‘Meteor’ missiles

Germany forced the European missile manufacturing company MBDA to stop exporting “Meteor” missiles to Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom’s leadership of the Saudi-UAE Coalition in Yemen. Germany’s objection...

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February 7, 2019

UN urges Houthis to stop blocking access to grain mill

The UN urged Yemen’s Houthi rebels Thursday to restore access to a grain storage site at a key port city after nearly a half-year blockade and a worsening famine...

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February 7, 2019

Puppets on a string draw children’s smiles in Gaza

At a kindergarten, Mahdi Karera, who describes himself as Gaza’s first marionette-maker, put on a show about the importance of reading. An opening song-and-dance number featuring a clown, a...

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February 7, 2019

UN urges full rights for Syria’s displaced children

A UN watchdog urged Syria on Thursday to grant full rights to its displaced children, adding that thousands had been killed, tortured or enslaved during the country’s civil war,...

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February 7, 2019

Leaked files reveal Iran’s post-revolution crackdown on journalists

The Iranian government arrested, imprisoned or executed at least 860 journalists in the three decades between the Islamic revolution in 1979 and 2009, according to documents leaked to media...

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February 7, 2019

Sahrawis protest against Algeria over civilian kidnapping

The Sahrawi population in Tindouf camps, Algeria, have risen together against the Algerian government to protest the disappearance of a Sahrawi intellectual, Ahmed El Khalil, since his 2009 abduction...

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February 7, 2019

Amnesty: Algerian activist jailed over anti-government placard must be released

Responding to the news that a court in the city of Mascara has sentenced activist, Hadj Ghermoul, to six months in prison and a fine for “offending public institutions”...

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