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Syria: Kurdish fighters battle ISIL in its last controlled area
The battle for one of the last ISIL-controlled pockets of northern Syria has displaced tens of thousands of people. The US-backed Kurdish forces have been fighting the armed group in Deir Az Zor. Humanitarian
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Venezuelan oil or Florida politics: Why is Trump after Maduro?
The United States has been quite transparent in its intentions regarding Venezuela - it is determined to get rid of the current government and install the unelected, self-declared president Juan Guaido. The White House
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Media in blockading countries struggle to report on Qatar victory
UAE and Saudi media outlets focus their reporting on losing side, Japan, with some not even mentioning the word Qatar.
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Venezuela’s Guaido rejects mediation offer from EU, Russia
In an interview with Al Jazeera, self-proclaimed president of Venezuela Juan Guaido has declined offers from Mexico, Uruguay, Russia and the European Union to bring both sides to the negotiating table. Earlier, the United
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Iran unveils long-range cruise missile on anniversary of 1979 Islamic revolution
DUBAI: Iran unveiled a new cruise missile with a range of 1,300 km (800 miles) on Saturday during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported. “This cruise missile needs
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One killed, five wounded in attack in southeast Iran: state TV
TEHRAN: A member of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards was killed and five wounded in an armed attack in the restive southeast on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported. The attack took place in
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Forty years since revolution, Iran has no fears of ‘declining’ US
DUBAI: Forty years after its revolution, Iran has no fear of a “declining” America, a senior cleric said on Friday at the start of official commemorations of the uprising that made the country a
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Joy as Qatar makes football history with Asian Cup win
Thousands of people took to the streets of Qatar's capital, Doha, in an outpouring of joy after the final whistle of the AFC Asian Cup blew on Friday and the country claimed its maiden title at
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Arabs celebrate Qatar’s Asia Cup victory as their own
Football fans across the Arab world have celebrated Qatar's historic AFC Asian Cup win as an "Arab victory" after the Gulf country beat four-time champions Japan 3 -1 in the final held in the
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Exclusive: Venezuela’s Guaido mum on backing US military action
Opposition leader Juan Guaido says he will do everything in his power to "steer Venezuela towards democracy" while refusing to rule out backing a military intervention by the United States. In an exclusive interview with Al


