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France’s Macron says hoping for progress on Lebanon ‘within next hours’
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he hoped there would be progress on the Lebanon crisis in the next hours.
“We will do all we can to re-engage the Gulf regions for the benefit of Lebanon... I hope the coming hours will…
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Information minister resigns from Lebanon government
Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi announced on Friday that he had decided to “give up” his position in Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government, which was formed on Sept. 10.
“Staying in the government has become absurd…
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Civilians among 10 dead in north Iraq attack blamed on Daesh: Officials
At least three civilians and seven Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in northern Iraq in an attack blamed on the Daesh jihadist group, the forces said Friday.
The jihadists attacked the village of Khidir Jija, south of…
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Taliban: Several Iranian guards dead after Nimroz border clashes
Taliban authorities said on Thursday that Iranian forces had suffered at least nine casualties during clashes on the Afghanistan-Iran border after fuel smuggling attempts from the Iranian side.
Fighting between the two countries’…
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Experts warn upcoming Libyan elections unlikely to heal rifts
The political situation in Libya will remain unstable whether or not planned elections go ahead later this month, experts have warned, pointing to legal, political, and security failings that endanger stability in the near future.
In an…
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UN says Daesh committed war crimes at Iraqi prison
The head of a UN team investigating atrocities in Iraq said that Daesh extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes at a prison in Mosul in June 2014, where at least 1,000 predominantly Shiite Muslim prisoners were…
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UN warned its credibility is at stake over the Palestinian question
There is more at stake in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than peace and security in the Middle East, according to Abdulla Shahid, the president of the UN General Assembly.
The reputation of the global community and its ability to work…
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KSrelief sends 40 tons of liquid oxygen to Tunisia
Following a directive from King Salman, KSrelief has sent a shipment of medical aid to Tunisia, including 40 tons of liquid oxygen, part of an eventual supply of 200 tons, to assist the Tunisian medical sector in combating the coronavirus…
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Arab coalition destroys Houthi drone launched from Sanaa airport
The Arab coalition destroyed and explosive drone launched from Sanaa airport, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The drone was downed in the governorate of Amran in Yemen.
The coalition also hit Houthi units, who they said were moving…
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Algeria’s FLN narrowly wins local polls
Algeria’s long-dominant National Liberation Front has narrowly won local elections, preliminary results showed Tuesday, in a vote seen as key in efforts to turn the page on late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s rule.
The FNL, which led…
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