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February 16, 2020

Oman sees biggest Gulf clash risk in Strait of Hormuz

The risk of a military confrontation is higher in the Strait of Hormuz than anywhere else in the Gulf region, Oman’s foreign minister said, due in part to the...

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February 16, 2020

Rockets hit US coalition base in Baghdad, no casualties

Rockets hit a US-led military coalition’s Baghdad headquarters early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest attack to target US facilities in Iraq,...

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February 16, 2020

Libya faces financial crisis due to oil blockade - PM

Libya will face a financial crisis and a budget deficit in 2020 because of a blockade of oil terminals and oil fields by groups loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa...

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February 16, 2020

Despite Yemen violence spike, Saudi says talks with Houthis progressing

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday that Riyadh was still committed to back-channel peace talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, despite a recent increase in violence in the five-year...

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February 16, 2020

Turkey looking to re-open northern Cyprus ghost town after 46 years

Maras, previously known as Varosha, a southern suburb of Famagusta, has been fenced off and abandoned since the mid-70's...

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February 16, 2020

Yemen: Houthis claim downing of Tornado fighter jet; 30 killed inspecting wreckage

The Houthi rebel group claimed on Saturday that it downed a Tornado fighter jet belonging to the Arab coalition, reported Anadolu Agency. Speaking on Houthis-run Al-Masirah television, spokesman Yahya Saree...

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February 16, 2020

Libya: 1 civilian killed in Haftar militia's attack

One civilian was killed in Libya as a result of a rocket attack in the east of the capital Tripoli by militia forces loyal to the renegade General Khalifa...

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February 15, 2020

Pal Festival 2020

This Live Blog has now ended...

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February 15, 2020

Labour is rigged against Palestine solidarity

Labour seems to now formally consider use of the blandly factual phrase 'Israel lobby' to be 'anti-Semitic'...

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February 15, 2020

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan reach final deal on filling Renaissance Dam

The agreement includes arrangements on the filling of the dam and measures to be taken during times of drought, as well as rules on long-term operation....

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