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New envoy stresses need for UN-backed solution to Syria war
Jan 17, 2019
DAMASCUS — The new UN envoy to Syria ended his first visit to the war-torn country Thursday, stressing the need for a UN-brokered political solution to the eight-year conflict.Geir Pedersen, a seasoned Norwegian diplomat, concluded his three-day visit and headed to the Lebanese capital Beirut, a UN source told AFP.The new envoy on Twitter late Wedn ...
‘US sees Palestinian state on most of West Bank, some of East Jerusalem’
Jan 17, 2019
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli television said on Wednesday that US President Donald Tr ...
Syria Daesh attack undermines Trump's victory claims
Jan 17, 2019
Big strike paralyses Tunisia, thousands protest over pay row
Jan 17, 2019
TUNIS — Rail, bus and air traffic stopped in Tunisia and street protests drew thousands on Thursday as the huge UGTT union staged ...
Lebanese lawmaker fights ‘degrading’ citizenship law against women
Jan 17, 2019
BEIRUT — Nine months after being voted into the 128-seat Lebanese parliament as one of six female lawmakers, Paula Yacoubian is urging fello ...
Netanyahu set for first-ever visit by Israeli PM to Chad
Jan 17, 2019
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will embark upon the first-ever visit by an Israeli premier to Chad in the comin ...
Sudan reinforces Khartoum ahead of march
Jan 17, 2019
KHARTOUM — Sudanese security forces deployed in numbers in Khartoum on Thursday as demonstrators threatened to march on President Omar Al Ba ...
Four US troops reported among 16 dead in north Syria attack
Jan 16, 2019
BEIRUT — A bomb attack claimed by Daesh killed US troops in northern Syria on Wednesday, weeks after President Donald Trump said group was d ...
Foreign troops in Iraq cut by a quarter in 2018 — PM
Jan 16, 2019
BAGHDAD — Foreign troop numbers in Iraq fell by a quarter during 2018, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said, as the fallout fizzled from Was ...
Sudanese diaspora in Paris back anti-Bashir ‘uprising’
Jan 16, 2019
PARIS — Watching Sudan’s desperate and deadly anti-government protests from afar, many in the Sudanese diaspora in Paris say they are rootin ...
Iraq likely theatre if US, Iran tensions worsen — study
Jan 16, 2019
WASHINGTON — Iraq could bear the brunt if conflict intensifies between Iran and the United States, a think tank study said on Wednesday.The ...
Syria buffer zone, long sought by Turkey
Jan 16, 2019
BEIRUT — Since the start of the Syrian conflict, Turkey has pushed for the creation of a buffer zone on its border to protect refugees and p ...
UN warns against new clashes in Libya
Jan 16, 2019
TRIPOLI — The UN’s Libya mission warned against clashes in the country’s capital on Wednesday as tensions rose between rival militias, four ...
UN says Yemen monitors safe after Hodeida shooting
Jan 17, 2019
Israeli museum removing ‘McJesus’ after Christian protests
Jan 17, 2019
Egypt extends detention of mother held for ‘false news’
Jan 17, 2019
Social media aids Sudan opposition to spread protests
Jan 17, 2019
‘Saudi Arabia to start developing NEOM business zone in Q1’
Jan 16, 2019
As teachers get paid, learning returns to bombed-out Yemen school
Jan 16, 2019
Italians leave Gaza Strip after Hamas standoff
Jan 16, 2019
Egypt university overturns expulsion of student over hug
Jan 16, 2019
Qatar’s beIN slams Saudis with ‘reveal all’ piracy website
Jan 16, 2019
UN Security Council heads for vote on Yemen observer mission
Jan 15, 2019
Protesters in Sudan want end to Bashir's 30-year rule
Jan 15, 2019
Libya should hold elections even if draft constitution rejected — parliament chief
Jan 14, 2019
US wants Syria ‘safe zone’ to protect Turkey, Kurds — Pompeo
Jan 14, 2019
Damascus seeks ‘intensified’ talks with Kurds — official
Jan 13, 2019
Egyptian university expels female student for hugging male friend
Jan 13, 2019
Syrian air defences shoot down Israeli missiles — state media
Jan 13, 2019
Tunisia sentences 41 to death over 2014 attack on army
Jan 12, 2019
Morocco complains to UN of Western Sahara truce violations
Jan 12, 2019
Iraq deploys special forces in Kirkuk amid Kurdish flag dispute
Jan 10, 2019
Turkey says military operation in Syria not dependent on US pull-out
Jan 10, 2019
Lebanon’s Berri urges postponing Arab Economic summit
Jan 09, 2019
Saudi Arabia says six suspects killed in raid on Shiite stronghold
Jan 09, 2019

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