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July 12, 2018

Yemen slams Lebanon’s Hezbollah support for Houthis

Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Khaled Al-Yamani, has sent a letter of protest to his Lebanese counterpart, Gibran Bassil, over Hezbollah’s increasing support for the Houthis. “We in the Republic of...

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July 12, 2018

Germany issues $119m loan to support Tunisia banks

Tunisia and Germany yesterday signed a €100 million ($119 million) loan agreement to support budgets and reforms in the financial and banking sectors. According to a statement distributed to...

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July 12, 2018

Opposition: Despite deal, Syria, Russia besieging us in Daraa

The Syrian opposition in Daraa has accused the regime and Russia of besieging areas they control in the province despite an agreement reached with Moscow to allow fighters to...

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July 12, 2018

Qatar funding pro-Israel US organisations

Qatar has donated $250,000 to some of the most extreme pro-Israel organisations in the US, a report by the Electronic Intifada has revealed. The sums are believed to have...

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July 12, 2018

How Israel armed the drugs cartels – part 2

Read part 1 here The Medellin Cartel’s military leader was Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, who set up “self-defence” squadrons to protect his “ranchers” from left-wing guerrillas like the FARC, which...

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July 12, 2018

Remembering Israel’s 2006 war on Lebanon

What: Israel waged aerial, ground and naval war on Lebanon’s Hezbollah Where: Southern Lebanon and northern Israel When: 12 July – 14 August 2006 What happened? Between 12 July...
July 12, 2018

Europe’s fears about Trump-Putin summit

As if the war of words between US President Donald Trump and the leaders of other NATO member countries this week weren’t bad enough for transatlantic relations, European leaders...

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July 12, 2018

Israel to Russia: Assad’s safe from us, but Iran must quit Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russia on Wednesday that Israel would not seek to topple its ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but Moscow should encourage Iranian forces to...

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July 12, 2018

Amnesty calls for probe of torture claims at Yemen detention centres

Amnesty International accused United Arab Emirates (UAE) and allied Yemeni forces of torturing detainees at a network of secret prisons in southern Yemen and said such violations should be...

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July 12, 2018

United States hints at sanctions waivers on Iran oil

The Trump administration’s top diplomat has indicated the United States might grant waivers to some countries allowing them to continue importing Iranian crude when sanctions snapback in November. “There...

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