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February 17, 2020

IMF technical team to start Lebanon talks on Thursday

A team of IMF experts will begin consultations with the Lebanese government in Beirut on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said to Reuters, as the heavily indebted...

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February 17, 2020

Egypt pursues criminal investigation into Egyptian academic studying in Italy

The Egyptian public prosecutor’s office is pursuing a criminal investigation into an Egyptian researcher studying in Italy on charges of spreading fake news that posed a threat to security...

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February 17, 2020

EU agrees new Libya sea patrols after Austria lifts veto

The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya, foreign ministers agreed on...

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February 17, 2020

Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, on eve of Turkey-Russia talks

The Syrian army said on Monday it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe...

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February 17, 2020

Turkey says 2 killed in car bomb attack near Syria border

A car bomb attack by the Kurdish YPG militia killed two people and wounded five on Sunday in the northeastern Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the Turkish border,...

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February 17, 2020

4-year-old girl taught to laugh every time a bomb drops in Syria

"There's a warplane!" ...

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February 17, 2020

Syrian refugees sleeping rough remind Srebrenica survivors of displacement

The sight of Syrian refugees sleeping rough at the railway station in a village near Srebrenica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reminds the Srebrenica survivors of what it means to...

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February 17, 2020

Turkey’s Foreign Minister says row with Russia will not affect S-400 missile defence deal

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the diplomatic spat with Russia over the Syrian civil war will not impact or affect the purchase and delivery of Russia’s...

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February 17, 2020

NATO has no plans to support Turkey in Syria

NATO has no plans to provide Turkey with military support if the government launches a military operation in northern Syria, a diplomatic source from a member state told Tass...

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February 17, 2020

Ivanka Trump lauds Saudi and UAE over women's rights but is silent on torture

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been lauded by Ivanka Trump for the progress they have made in advancing women’s rights. The daughter of US President Donald Trump praised...

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