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US sanctions on Hezbollah embarrass Lebanon
BEIRUT: The new sanctions signed by US President Donald Trump against Hezbollah were no surprise for the people of Lebanon, but they are being imposed when Lebanon has been suffering from a government vacuum
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Daesh kills 60 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria
BEIRUT: The new sanctions signed by US President Donald Trump against Hezbollah were no surprise for the people of Lebanon, but they are being imposed when Lebanon has been suffering from a government vacuum
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Oman offers help in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts: Oman minister
BEIRUT: The new sanctions signed by US President Donald Trump against Hezbollah were no surprise for the people of Lebanon, but they are being imposed when Lebanon has been suffering from a government vacuum
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Sacked Sri Lanka PM given ‘deadline’ to vacate residence
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Political opponents of Sri Lanka's sacked leader Ranil Wickremesinghe have given him a Sunday deadline to vacate the prime minister's official residence amid a deepening constitutional crisis in the Indian Ocean
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Leicester City owner’s helicopter crashes outside stadium
A helicopter belonging to Leicester City football club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed in a ball of flames in the club's car park, according to British media. It was not known whether Vichai, a
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What impact will Khashoggi’s murder have on the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia is under mounting pressure to explain exactly what happened at its consulate in Istanbul when Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi - a critic of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman - was murdered. It
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Ireland re-elects Michael Higgins as president
Ireland has re-elected Michael Higgins as president for a second seven-year term. The 77-year old received 55.8 percent of the vote in Friday's election, winning in every constituency, news agencies reported on Saturday. "The
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Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks
A four-way summit on Syria has ended with no major breakthrough, even as the leaders of Turkey, Russia, Germany and France agreed that a fragile ceasefire in Idlib should be preserved and said a committee
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Idlib province: Syria’s last major rebel stronghold
BEIRUT: Syria’s militant-dominated Idlib province is the last major area still outside regime control, after a string of ferocious assaults this year put most of the country back in government hands.The northwestern province and
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Israel farmers fear for future as Jordan claims back lands
TSOFAR, Israel: Every morning with the first rays of sunlight, Eitan Guedj leaves his house in Israel, passes through two checkpoints and heads for his pepper plantation in Ghumar, a leased Jordanian territory the


