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December 8, 2019

Why Qatar’s Emir may not attend the Riyadh summit

In principle, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia this week should end with a return to normal relations between its six-member states. That’s why the invitation extended by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman...

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December 8, 2019

Turkey repatriates foreign terrorist to Australia

Turkey extradited another foreign terrorist fighter to his home country, according to the Interior Ministry on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. The ministry said in a written statement that a...

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December 8, 2019

US and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation

The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump...

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December 7, 2019

Lebanon appeals to Germany, Britain, Spain for help with imports

Lebanon appealed to more friendly states on Saturday to help it import essential goods as it wrestles with an acute economic crisis and hard currency shortages, the office of...

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December 7, 2019

US restarts peace talks with Afghan Taliban in Qatar

The Taliban on Saturday resumed formal peace talks with the US in the Qatari capital, Doha, the group confirmed in a statement, Anadolu reports. Suhail Shaheen, the insurgents’ Qatar...

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December 7, 2019

Data: 65,000 troops cost PA $1bn a year

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has 65,000 troops costing over NIS 3.5 billion ($1 billion) in 2018, Shehab News Agency reported. According to Shehab News Agency, the data revealed that...

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December 7, 2019

25,000 Syrians displaced in regime, Russia raids last week

Some 25,000 civilians were displaced in northwestern Syria last week after the attacks of regime and Russia on the Idlib de-escalation zone, according to a Syrian NGO on Saturday,...

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December 7, 2019

Qaboos of Oman to undergo medical checks in Belgium

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos will travel to Belgium on Saturday for unspecified medical checks, his court said, Reuters reports. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, has ruled the Arabian peninsula state since he...

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December 7, 2019

Death toll in Baghdad attack rises to 23

The death toll in an attack by armed men at Baghdad’s main protest site on Friday night rose to 23 on Saturday, police and medical sources said, the deadliest...

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December 7, 2019

Greece expels Libyan ambassador over agreements with Turkey

Greece has given Libya’s ambassador to Athens 72 hours to leave the country, in protest against agreements with Turkey, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Friday. According to Anadolu...

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