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Bin Salman lashes out at Saudi FM for Western media criticism over Riyadh’s foreign policies
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Instead of learning the art of diplomacy, you only learned to give huge amounts and expensive gifts to English officials.”
Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, severely rebuked Adel al-Jubair, Saudi…
Baghdad needs Russian S-400 systems as Western military strategy has failed: Iraqi official
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A senior Iraqi official says his country needs to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems and diversify its arms imports as the so-called “Western military strategy” has been a failure in the…
Jerusalem al-Quds church reopens as Israel suspends controversial plans
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem al-Quds has reopened its doors after Israel backtracked on its controversial tax and land grab plans targeting churches in the city.
The church, seen by many as the…
The shocking cynicism of Saudi Arabia about Yemen war
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All of this can be blamed on the Saudi-led coalition, whose jets have repeatedly bombed hospitals and whose warships have stopped numerous aid shipments.
Saudi Arabia escapes the human rights in the world, from the…
Saudi Arabia permits women to join military as it wages war against Yemen
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For the first time, Saudi Arabia has opened applications for women to join its military.
Women have until Thursday to apply for positions with the rank of soldier in the provinces of Riyadh, Mecca, al-Qassim and Medina.…
Syrian army detects Israeli weapons in Daesh hideouts
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Syrian media have released new footage showing Israeli-made weapons discovered by government troops in areas newly liberated from Daesh terrorists in the eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
The video shows a cache of…
Russian MoD Says Terrorists Preventing Civilians from Leaving Eastern Ghouta
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Russia said on Tuesday that terrorists have been preventing civilians from leaving Eastern Ghouta.
Russian General Viktor Pankov said humanitarian corridors had been shelled by militants.
“At 9 am on February 27, a…
UK has spent $2.4bn on bombarding Iraq, Syria: Official data
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The British government has spent over $2.44 billion (£1.7bn) to carry out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014, the year the US and its allies formed a so-called coalition to allegedly counter terrorist groups…
EU: All Israeli settlements ‘illegal, obstacle to peace’
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The European Union (EU)’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, has stressed that all Israeli settlements are illegal, condemning them as “an obstacle to peace.”
“We have stressed, repeatedly, that all settlements are…
Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three more months: Officials
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Iraq has once again extended by three months a ban on international flights to and from the Kurdish region, some five months after the region held a controversial referendum on independence, which opened up a persisting…