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February 13, 2018

Tunisia rejects NATO’s proposal to support establishment of anti-terrorism centre

On Monday, the Tunisian defence ministry said it had rejected a NATO proposal that would grant Tunisia a 3 million euro grant in exchange for closer ties with the...

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February 12, 2018

UN official: Syria refugees in Lebanon need more aid

Some $1.68 billion was disbursed last year by UN and non-governmental organizations to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a UN official said Monday. In a statement, however, Philippe Lazzarini,...

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February 12, 2018

Netanyahu says discussing settlement annexation with US

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he has been discussing with the United States the possibility of Israel annexing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, drawing swift...

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February 12, 2018

Abbas tells Putin he wants US peace role diluted

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he could no longer accept the role of the United States as a mediator in talks with Israel...

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February 12, 2018

Spain urged to investigate 1920s toxic gas use in Morocco

A Moroccan NGO on Monday called on Spain to look into allegations that it used poison gas in the so-called “Rif War” between the two countries almost one century...

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February 12, 2018

Vision 2023: Turkey and the post-Ottoman anniversary

A century after the establishment of the modern Turkish Republic, the country is looking to celebrate its hundredth birthday in a way that has become popular throughout the Middle...

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February 12, 2018

Israel to boycott film festival in France

The Israeli government is to boycott the Paris Film Festival over the organiser’s decision to air a movie that is said to “hurt the reputation of Israel’s military”. Culture...

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February 12, 2018

Egypt: $2.6bn remittances received from expats in December

Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) said yesterday that the volume of remittances from Egyptians working abroad increased by 29.3 per cent year-on-year to reach $2.6 billion in December last year....

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February 12, 2018

Foreign militants need to face justice in home nations insists US

The question of how to deal with captured foreign fighters attracted wide attention last week with the capture of two British fighters by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) –...

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February 12, 2018

Syria regime kills 6 civilians in new attack on Eastern Ghouta

Syrian regime warplanes killed six civilians, including two children and a woman, in a new attack on eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus. Sources in the Syrian Civil Defence...

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