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January 9, 2019

US Senator calls anti-BDS act unconstitutional

Prominent Senator Diane Feinstein voiced concern Tuesday over legislation that seeks to counter the global Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, Anadolu reports. The Combating BDS Act, introduced...

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January 8, 2019

US anti-Daesh meeting turns to damage control after Syria decision

A routine US-hosted conference of nations fighting the Islamic State militant group has become a damage control effort following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, sources...

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January 8, 2019

British envoy: Assad lost legitimacy

The Assad regime in Syria “lost its legitimacy due to its atrocities against Syrian people,” according to Martin Longden, the UK’s special representative for Syria. Longden said on Twitter...

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January 8, 2019

GCC urges UN envoy to pressure Houthis to exit Hudaydah

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to play a “more active” role in persuading Houthi rebels to withdraw from...

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January 8, 2019

New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria

The US case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centres on the company’s suspected ties to two obscure companies....

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January 8, 2019

Israeli court releases Palestinian official on bail

An Israeli court on Tuesday ordered the release-on-bail of Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for Jerusalem’s Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority, a source close to the issue said, Anadolu Agency reports....

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January 8, 2019

Egypt opens Gaza border crossing

Palestinians stranded in Egypt cross the border after Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah border crossing in Gaza....

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January 8, 2019

Qatar's beIN Sports cuts service in Egypt amid contract dispute

BeIN Sports, a Qatar-based broadcaster that holds exclusive television rights to top sporting events such as Premier League soccer in the Middle East, said it had cut its service...

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January 8, 2019

Lebanon's winter storm freezes refugees in flooded camps

Storms in Lebanon have flooded Syrian refugee camps, ruining tents, mattresses and food and compounding the misery of people enduring powerful winter winds and biting cold, Reuters reports. More...

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January 8, 2019

In shift, EU sanctions Iran over planned Europe attacks

The European Union on Tuesday froze the assets of an Iranian intelligence unit and two of its staff, as the Netherlands accused Iran of two killings on its soil...

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