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February 12, 2018

Iraq: Reconstruction will cost $88.2bn

Rebuilding Iraq after years of war and economic turmoil will cost $88.2 billion, the director-general of the country’s planning ministry, Qusay Abdulfattah, told an international conference in Kuwait today....

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February 12, 2018

Iran: Israel will not take the risk to fight us

In an interview with Echorouk El Yawmi newspaper, Iranian writer and political analyst, Hassan Hanizadeh ruled out any possibility of a direct confrontation between Tehran and Tel Aviv, after...

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February 12, 2018

Cleaning staff strike in Gaza medical centres

Palestinian medical centres and hospitals suspended their work yesterday after hospital cleaners went on strike over unpaid salaries which have been outstanding for five months, Quds Press reported. Spokesman...

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February 12, 2018

State TV: Egypt’s army kills 12 militants in Sinai operation

Egyptian security forces killed 12 militants and arrested 92 in a continuing crackdown in Sinai, the army said in a statement carried by State TV on Monday. Egypt’s air...

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February 12, 2018

Ghannouchi: Tunisia should help itself before it asks the world

Rached Ghannouchi, head of Ennahda Movement party said that: “Tunisia has to help itself first before asking for any help from the world,” and suggested that Tunisia is going...

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February 11, 2018

Netanyahu says Israel undeterred after Syria shoots down F-16

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces would press ahead with Syria operations despite their loss of an advanced warplane to enemy fire for the first...

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February 11, 2018

Erdogan aide meets US National Security Adviser in Turkey amid tensions

US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster held talks on Sunday in Istanbul with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, a presidential source said, amid persistent tensions between the NATO allies...

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February 11, 2018

Iran displays missile, Rouhani says US regional policy a failure – TV

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, denouncing the United States and Israel as oppressors. President Hassan Rouhani, addressing...

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February 11, 2018

US lays off local staff three years after closing Yemen embassy

The United States has laid off 360 local staff in Yemen three years after closing its embassy as a civil war spread in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. Ambassador...

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February 11, 2018

Saudi Ritz reopens after stint as gilded prison of princes

Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel reopened on Sunday, more than three months after it was converted into a gilded prison for members of Saudi Arabia’s business and political elite detained in...

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