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Nearly 300 migrants rescued off Libya: Aid group
ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has carried out two operations, dubbed “Euphrates
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Iran: US troops in Syria ‘illogical, source of tension’
ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has carried out two operations, dubbed “Euphrates
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US envoy for anti-ISIL coalition McGurk resigns: reports
Brett McGurk, the US envoy to the global coalition fighting ISIL, resigned this week over his disagreement with President Donald Trump's surprise decision to pull US troops out of Syria, US media reported on
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Frustration in Ramallah growing with government leaders
Recent polling has indicated two-thirds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, as well as an increase of support for Hamas, following the weeks of increased
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Hungarians protest against PM’s new so-called ‘slave’ law
Demonstrators in Hungary have rallied again to protest against a new amendment to the labour laws. What critics are calling "The Slave Law" would allow employers to force people to work more overtime, and
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Mattis’ resignation raises questions over US foreign policy
It's been a turbulent week in Washington with the resignation of US Defense Secretary James Mattis dividing the president and senior Republican Party figures. Trump's surprise withdrawal of American forces from Syria and reports
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Bolivia’s president to run for fourth term, opponents outraged
Bolivia's President Evo Morales is to stand for a fourth term in office, a move the opposition says is unconstitutional. Morales held a referedum in 2016 to change the Constitution, allowing him to run
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Turkey: Nearly 300,000 Syrians return home after military operations
ISTANBUL: Nearly 300,000 Syrians have returned to their country after Turkey’s two cross-border operations in northern Syria, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying on Saturday.Turkey has carried out two operations, dubbed “Euphrates
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Palestinians bury 4 killed in Gaza protests
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Thursday acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-wracked country would not be in place by
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Constitutional committee will not be formed by year’s end: UN Syria envoy
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Thursday acknowledged that a committee tasked with writing a new constitution for the war-wracked country would not be in place by


