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February 2, 2020

Turkey president meets Hamas political chief

Turkey’s president received in Istanbul the political chief of Hamas on Saturday. The closed-door meeting was held between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh at the Vahdettin Pavilion, lasting...

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February 2, 2020

Iraq: Populist cleric Sadr tells followers to clear sit-ins after PM appointed

Populist Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged his followers on Sunday to help security forces clear roads blocked during months of sit-in protests, calling for “day-to-day life” to resume following...

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February 2, 2020

EU's foreign policy chief to travel to Iran in de-escalation mission

The head of the European Union’s foreign service, Josep Borrell, will travel to Iran next week to meet the country’s leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the...

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February 2, 2020

Saudi Arabia evacuates 10 students from China's Wuhan

Saudi Arabia has evacuated 10 students from the Chinese city of Wuhan where the new coronavirus outbreak began, Saudi state television reported on Sunday citing a Saudi diplomat. Chinese...

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February 2, 2020

Japanese warship departs for Gulf to patrol oil lifeline

A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the...

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February 2, 2020

Iraq: New Prime Minister selected, but is rejected by protestors

Iraq’s President Barham Salih, on Saturday, assigned the country’s former communications minister to form a new government. Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi announced President Barham Salih’s mandate to form the new...

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February 2, 2020

US 'maximum pressure campaign' on Iran to continue despite lifting sanctions on Chinese oil tankers

A decision by the United States to lift sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO was not a sign that the Trump administration was...

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February 2, 2020

3 car bombs target Syrian regime forces in Aleppo

Rebel groups attacked pro-Syrian government forces west of Aleppo with three car bombs on Saturday, rebel and Syrian military sources said to Reuters, in an intensification of fighting in...

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February 2, 2020

Palestinian Authority says it cut 'sacred' security ties with Israel, US

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has cut all ties with the United States and Israel including security relations after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented this week by US...

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February 2, 2020

Egypt sentences officer-turned-militant and 36 others to death

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Hisham al-Ashmawy, a former special forces officer turned militant, and 36 others to death after they were convicted of terrorism, Reuters reports court...

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