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December 24, 2018

Turkey bolsters military on Syrian border as US readies pull-out

Turkey began reinforcing its positions on both sides of its border with Syria on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Ankara and Washington agreed to coordinate a US withdrawal...

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December 24, 2018

Russia and the Palestinian national reconciliation

Russia has once again intervened in the Palestinian national reconciliation, this time by inviting rivalling Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, and possibly other Palestinian factions to Moscow at the...

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December 24, 2018

America's main man in fight against Daesh resigns in protest at troop withdrawal

The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s sudden decision last week to withdraw American troops from Syria has led to another resignation. This time it’s the country’s foremost official...

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December 24, 2018

UN: Libya migrants suffer ‘unimaginable horrors’ including gang rape

Migrants crossing through Libya face “unimaginable horrors” according to a new UN report released last week, which lays bare the extent of abuse faced by African immigrants heading to...

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December 24, 2018

Egypt court reduces prison term of top Muslim Brotherhood leader to 10 years

Egypt’s Court of Cassation yesterday accepted an appeal filed by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei and 36 other defendants, reducing their prison sentences in a case that...

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December 24, 2018

Erdogan slams 'tyrant' Netanyahu

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed Benjamin Netanyahu as a “tyrant” after the Israeli Prime Minister called Turkey’s leader an “anti-Semitic dictator” and implied that the Turkish occupation of...

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December 24, 2018

Iraq denies attempts to restore PKK-Syria relations

Iraqi President Barham Salih did not propose mediation between the Kurdish PKK group and the Syrian regime, the country’s presidency spokesperson, Luqman Al-Fili, announced yesterday. The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat...

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December 24, 2018

The Arab Spring is alive and kicking in Sudan

We have barely finished with the Gilet Jaunes movement and the Paris demonstrations, which lasted six weeks and spread to some other European capitals, and are now faced with...

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December 24, 2018

Syria intelligence chief Ali Mamlouk makes rare visit to Cairo

Syrian security head Ali Mamlouk made a rare visit to Cairo over weekend to meet with his Egyptian counterpart, state news agency SANA has reported. The surprise trip reportedly...

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December 24, 2018

Syrian regime bombs Idlib de-escalation zone

Syrian regime forces and allied militia bombed opposition held areas in the de- escalation zone in Idlib in a new breach of the Sochi agreement, local sources said. According...

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