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Turkey: No delays in delivery of S-400s from Russia
ANKARA: The delivery schedule for Russia’s S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey is continuing as planned, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy said on Friday, dismissing reports of delay.The US and Turkey have been
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Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli forces
DUBAI: Iran on Friday rejected what it says were “baseless” accusations made at an Arab summit, claiming Saudi had joined the United States and Israel in a “hopeless” effort to mobilize regional opinion against
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All you need to know about the OIC
Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud will host the 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The meeting is expected to address "current issues in the Muslim
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Saudi FM: Gulf solution possible if Qatar returns to ‘right path’
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf has said a solution to the Gulf crisis would only be possible if Doha returns to the "right path", an indication that the kingdom's position on the blockade
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Israel faces new elections after parliament dissolves
IRBIL, Iraq: It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields of wheat and barley, giving farmers in
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Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin Iraqi, Syrian harvests
IRBIL, Iraq: It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields of wheat and barley, giving farmers in
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‘Worst time’: Kushner in Israel ahead of Manama conference
US President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is in Israel for the final leg of another Middle East tour before the scheduled meeting in the Bahraini capital of Manama where the economic aspect
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The Indian elite and the erosion of democracy
On May 23, the weeks-long elections of the world's largest democracy delivered a stupendous victory for the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A second term for a party which is pursuing
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Iraq hands over 188 Turkish children of suspected Daesh members: spokesman
CAIRO: A prominent Egyptian militant wanted for scores of terror attacks in his country was handed over by Libyan forces loyal to a commander pushing to take the capital of Tripoli and flown back
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Regime strikes on northwest Syria kill 10 civilians: monitor
BEIRUT: Government air strikes on extremist-controlled northwestern Syria on Wednesday killed at least 10 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported.Seven of them were killed in the village of Sarja, which


