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Iraq’s Sadr reverses vote boycott
Iraq’s populist Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr on Friday reversed his decision to boycott the October elections and said his movement would take part in order to help “end corruption.”
A firebrand with millions of followers and in command of…
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Algeria to divert Spain gas supplies away from Morocco pipeline
Algeria has said it is ready to divert all its Spain-bound natural gas exports via an undersea pipeline that bypasses Morocco, state media said, days after Algiers cut ties with its North African rival.
In a meeting with Spanish…
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Lebanon’s Mikati says he still faces big hurdles to forming cabinet
Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Friday he still had to overcome major hurdles to forming a new government, amid a deep economic and political crisis that has left the country with a caretaker administration for a…
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US drone strike targets Daesh ‘planner’ in Afghanistan
The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a “planner” of the Daesh-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport.
“The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar…
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New group of rebels quits Syria’s Daraa under truce
A second group of rebel fighters left the southern Syrian city of Daraa Thursday under a Russian-brokered truce aimed at ending the region's worst fighting in years, a monitor said.
Daraa, seen as the birthplace of Syria's uprising in…
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UAE condemns Kabul attacks as it starts hosting refugees
As the crisis in Afghanistan unfolds, the UAE announced Thursday that it had begun hosting thousands of refugees fleeing the chaos.
According to state agency WAM, the UAE will provide care and social support for refugees on UAE soil.…
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Saudi Arabia condemns attack on Kabul airport
Saudi Arabia on Thursday strongly condemned and denounced the terrorist attack that targeted Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which led to a number of deaths and injuries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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US braces for more Daesh attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after a Daesh suicide bomber killed 85 people, including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport.
Two blasts and gunfire…
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Blasts at Kazakh military base kill four
A series of blasts triggered by a fire at a military base in southern Kazakhstan killed four servicemen and wounded more than 60 people, authorities in the central Asian nation said on Friday.
It is unclear what caused Thursday’s fire at…
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Yemeni court sentences Houthi leader, 173 others to death as fighting rages
Yemen’s military court sentenced Houthi commander Abdulmalik Al-Houthi and 173 others to death by firing squad for committing a series of crimes, state news agency Saba News reported.
The accused were found guilty of staging a military…
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