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Saudi-led coalition’ acts in Yemeni are delibrate provokation : Yemeni official
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Missile and artillery forces of the Yemeni joint forces have hit Saudi led coalition' gatherings and sites, Killing and wounding scores over Monday in response to the Saudi-led coalition's fatal air strikes on…
Turkey strikes PKK bases in N Iraq amid Syria offensive
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Turkey has carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq against the strongholds of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, whom it says were planning to launch attacks on Turkish soil.
The military said on…
US, Israel decisions on al-Quds threat to Palestine: Hamas chief
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has warned against the “rash decisions” of the US and Israel with regard to Jerusalem al-Quds as a historic threat against Palestine.
In a Tuesday speech, Haniyeh described US President…
Israeli forces detain Hamas-linked legislator in occupied West Bank
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Israeli military forces have detained a legislator affiliated to the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement along with more than a dozen other Palestinians during separate raids across the occupied West Bank.
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Iraqi lawmakers set May 12 as date for national elections
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The Iraqi parliament has finally approved a date for holding national elections as the Arab country struggles to return to normal political life after a devastating three-year war against Daesh.
The Iraqi parliament…
The Disgraceful U.S. Enabling Role in the War on Yemen
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Nicolas Niarchos reports on the devastating effects of the war on Yemen and the role of U.S. and other Western support in making that war possible:
Since the war began, at least three thousand Yemeni civilians have…
Iraqi Kurdistan oil exports must be under Baghdad control: PM Abadi
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The Iraqi prime minister has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to stop independent oil exports, saying the crude produced there must be placed under the central government’s control.
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East Jerusalem must be capital of Palestinian state, Jordan’s King says
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Jordanian King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein has criticized US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the capital of Israel, stating that East Jerusalem al-Quds must be the capital of a future…
Germany is not the first European country to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
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Spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday the country will "immediately" stop all arms exports to countries involved in the ongoing war on Yemen, which began in March 2015.
Merkel’s…
Palestinian prisoner dies of ‘medical negligence’ in Israeli jail: Report
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A Palestinian prisoner has died of health complications he developed in Israeli jails and medical negligence, Palestinian media report.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club reported that 57-year-old Hussain Hassani…