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February 11, 2018

Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women – senior cleric

Saudi women need not wear the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith – a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication...

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February 11, 2018

Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin – Erdogan

Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, Reuters reports President Tayyip Erdogan as saying on Saturday. “One of...

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February 11, 2018

Iran sneers at reports of Israel downing Iranian drone

Iran, Israel’s regional arch-enemy, rejected as “ridiculous” reports that Israel had intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria on Saturday, state TV reported. Separately, a Revolutionary Guards’ official said...

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February 11, 2018

Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey

Syria’s US-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war against Turkey in the northwestern region of Afrin: President Bashar al-Assad. Pro-government forces and Kurdish-led...

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February 11, 2018

Israeli lawmaker: Netanyahu stirring regional war to deflect attention from corruption probe

An Israeli lawmaker says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to instigate a regional war to deflect attention from an ongoing investigation into his suspicious corrupt practices. Aida Touma-Suleiman from...

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February 11, 2018

Putin urges Netanyahu to avoid escalation in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday after heavy Israeli air strikes in the country,...

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February 11, 2018

One in four Iraqi children in poverty after war on Daesh

One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country’s war with Daesh militants, the United Nation’s...

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February 11, 2018

Remembering Yemen’s 11 February Revolution

On this day in 2011, Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was forced to step down after a three-decade-long presidency while 20,000 protesters spilled onto the streets of the...

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February 10, 2018

Democrats urge Trump not to reduce US aid to UNRWA

More than 100 Democratic Party Representatives in the US Congress have written to President Donald Trump urging him not to cut American aid to the UN Relief and Works...

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February 10, 2018

Syrian troops open safe corridor for Daesh gunmen in Idlib

Troops loyal to Syria’s Assad regime have opened a safe corridor for Daesh gunmen to advance into the country’s north-western Idlib province, Anadolu News Agency reported on Friday. The...

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