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Turkey, Russia discussing Idlib airspace control: Sources
ANKARA: The partial transfer of control of the airspace over the de-escalation zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib from Moscow to Ankara is being discussed by the two sides, Russian sources said. The aim
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Tripoli clashes leave 115 dead, 383 injured- health ministry
ANKARA: The partial transfer of control of the airspace over the de-escalation zone in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib from Moscow to Ankara is being discussed by the two sides, Russian sources said. The aim
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Four years of coalition strikes on Syria kill 3,300 civilians: monitor
BEIRUT: More than 3,000 civilians have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes against the Daesh group in Syria since they began four years ago, a monitor said on Sunday.The Washington-led alliance puts the
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard vows to avenge Ahvaz attack
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has vowed to revenge the attack on a military parade that killed 29 people, including the four attackers, and wounded 70 others. The Iranian elite force, in a statement on Sunday,
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Second Swiss region votes to ban ‘burqa’ in public places
The Swiss region of St Gallen has voted in favour of a "burqa ban", prohibiting all face-covering garments in public spaces, a decision that a local Islamic organisation has termed "Islamophobic". In a referendum on
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Injured India sailor awaits rescue 3,300km from Australia’s coast
A severely injured Indian solo sailor is waiting to be rescued nearly 3,300km from the Australian coast. Indian Navy officer Abhilash Tomy suffered a serious back injury on Saturday when his 10-metre boat, Thuriya, de-masted
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Armenians head to municipal polls in first post-revolution vote
Residents of Armenian capital Yerevan, where almost half the country's population resides, have gone to municipal polls in the first vote since the country saw mass protests to push its former leader to resign. Voters
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Macedonia president urges boycott of name-change referendum
Macedonia's President Gorge Ivanov has decried an agreement that would change the country's name to end a long-standing dispute with Greece, calling on his compatriots to boycott the vote on the deal that takes place
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Israel gives Bedouin villagers until end of month to leave
NABEUL, Tunisia: Flash floods in Tunisia’s Cap Bon peninsula have killed at least four people, authorities said Sunday, as surging waters caused by heavy rains carried away homes, cars and chunks of road.Among the
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Pro-Turkey Syria rebels accept Idlib deal, albeit cautiously
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday informing them they have until the end of the month to


