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Mikati urges Kordahi to prioritize national interest over populist slogans
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday again called on Information Minister George Kordahi to resign to avoid further escalation with the Gulf.
He urged him to put national interests first and not to “disrupt the government’s…
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Iraqi envoy to Saudi Arabia reviews anti-terror center’s efforts against extremism
Iraqi’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia reviewed the work of the global anti-terror center in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Abdul Sattar Al-Janabi toured the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology, known as Etidal, which is based in Riyadh.…
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Arab coalition kills 145 Houthis in Marib as Yemen’s humanitarian crisis worsens
The Arab coalition supporting the Yemeni government on Wednesday announced killing 145 Houthis during the past 24 hours outside the Yemeni central city of Marib where bloody battles between government troops and the Iran-backed rebels…
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Iraq’s civil society protest movement seeks to find a voice in parliament
For the first time in Iraq, a new breed of representatives is entering parliament, born from a civil society movement fed up with the corruption that has long tarnished politics.
Among the newcomers is pharmacist Alaa Al-Rikabi, 47,…
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Saudi Arabia, UAE, US, and UK urge restoration of Sudan government
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Britain urged the restoration of the civilian government in Sudan on Wednesday.
“We call for the full and immediate restoration of its civilian-led transitional government and…
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Egypt government to begin move to new administrative capital in December
The Egyptian government will start the process in December of moving offices to a new administrative capital located east of Cairo, a spokesman for the presidency said on Wednesday.
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Iran says stopped US navy seizing tanker in Sea of Oman
Iran said Wednesday it had thwarted an attempt by the US navy to seize a tanker in the Sea of Oman carrying its oil, state television reported.
It gave no details of the date of the incident or the country where the vessel is registered.…
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Syria reports Israel air raid on military post near Damascus
Syria’s military said Israel has carried out an air raid that hit a military post on the outskirts of the capital of Damascus early Wednesday, causing material damage.
It was the second Israeli attack to target areas near the capital in…
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Bahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon amid row
Bahrain on Tuesday urged its citizens in Lebanon to immediately leave the country amid a row between Beirut and Arab Gulf states over a Lebanese minister’s remarks on the Yemen war.
The foreign ministry “urged all citizens in Lebanon to…
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25 killed as Daesh hit Kabul hospital
At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a Daesh suicide bomb and gun attack on Tuesday targeting Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in central Kabul.
Among the dead was Mawlawi Hamdullah Mukhlis, head of the Kabul…
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