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February 18, 2020

Saudi foreign minister calls on Germany to lift arms export ban

Saudi foreign minister, Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, has called on the German government to end a ban on exporting German weapons to the kingdom, claiming that his country...

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February 18, 2020

Denmark to return troops to Iraq Ain Al-Assad Airbase

Danish minister of defence, Trine Bramsen, announced on Monday that Danish troops will return to Iraq’s Ain Al-Assad Airbase to train Iraqi security forces on 1 March. “In the...

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February 18, 2020

Lavrov says US ‘deal of the century’ violates international law

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the Middle East “peace plan” known as the “deal of the century” drafted by the United States violates international law by...

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February 18, 2020

EU special mission to enforce arms embargo on Libya

Italy’s Foreign Minister said on Monday that he and his counterparts across the European Union have agreed to form a special mission to enforce the UN arms embargo on...

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February 18, 2020

Sad, strange and sometimes a little funny

I receive emails from Khaled. I have never met him. He tells me that he lives in southern Gaza; that many years ago he read one of my articles...

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February 18, 2020

Libya's rival factions dig in for long conflict

Libya’s combatants are readying for a long conflict, as foreign weapons flood in, eastern factions close oil ports and rival alliances wrangle over revenues from Africa’s largest petroleum reserves, Reuters...

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February 18, 2020

ICC mulls extradition of Sudan’s Bashir

A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived yesterday in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to discuss a hand over of the ousted president Omar Al-Bashir, according to...

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February 18, 2020

UN envoy condemns use of birdshot against Iraqi protesters

The top United Nations envoy to Iraq condemned on Monday the use of hunting rifles loaded with birdshot against peaceful protesters in Baghdad and urged the government to ensure...

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February 18, 2020

Kuwait to nationalise 'entire' energy sector by 2021

Kuwait has established “an urgent plan” to nationalise 100 per cent of all the technical, supervisory and executive jobs in the oil sector by January 2021, the country’s state-run...

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February 18, 2020

Egypt to build new military base 'to secure Suez Canal'

Egyptian cabinet yesterday said that a new military base would be built on the country’s eastern border to secure the Suez Canal. Local official sources told The New Khalij...

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