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January 2, 2019

Supported by the UAE, Haftar seeks to control south Libya

Major General Khalifa Haftar has sent additional troops to south Libya after his forces were attacked on the Chadian border on 28 December. Chadian opposition fighters seized military vehicles...

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January 2, 2019

Women hold $53bn in bank deposits in Saudi Arabia

Women hold 20 per cent of funds held in Saudi banks, worth more than $53 billion. “Women benefit from more than 66 investment funds, as well as other funding...

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January 2, 2019

Jordan MP calls for rapists to be pardoned

Jordanian MP Khalil Attiya stirred controversy on Sunday after calling for a new amnesty law to include those convicted of rape. During a legislative session Attiya demanded rape, molestation,...

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January 1, 2019

New Year celebrations in Jerusalem

Fireworks light up the sky during the new year celebrations in Jerusalem...

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January 1, 2019

Pompeo says cooperation with Israel over Syria and Iran to continue

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East,...

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January 1, 2019

Egypt: Terrorist attacks drastically declined in 2018

Egyptian authorities said that terrorist attacks across the country have drastically declined in 2018, Anadolu Agency reports. “Year 2018 saw the lowest number of terrorist attacks compared to the...

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January 1, 2019

Over 40,000 Syrians return home from Turkey in 2018

Over 40,000 Syrians left Turkey over the last year for their hometowns liberated from terrorists in northwestern Syria. Taking refuge in Turkey due to civil war in Syria, a...

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January 1, 2019

Gaza celebrates Christmas and the New Year

2018 was the worst for Gaza's economy...

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January 1, 2019

2018: Year in Review

Middle East Monitor takes a look at some of the biggest stories from the Middle East and North Africa in 2018...

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January 1, 2019

2019's first suicide bomber strikes in Libya

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police station in Libya’s southwestern town of Ghadwa, a local security source said Tuesday. The source, who spoke to Anadolu Agency...

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