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Oil prices nudge higher, eyes on speech by Fed chair
SINGAPORE - Oil prices clawed back the previous day’s losses on Friday, with Brent nudging above $60 a barrel, as...
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Washington should wake up to the fact that Hezbollah runs Lebanon
The US State Department has invited Gebran Bassil to Washington to speak at a conference, despite the Lebanese foreign minister’s...
US sanctions on Hezbollah officials are a call to action for the Lebanese state
by: Makram Rabah Last week the US Treasury issued a new list of names designating three members of Hezbollah under...
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Israel’s scramble for Africa: Selling water, weapons and lies
For years, Kenya has served as Israel's gateway to Africa. Israel has been using the strong political, economic and security relations between the two...
Why a Boris Johnson government could benefit the Gulf countries
Tomorrow it is widely expected that Boris Johnson will be unveiled as the new prime minister of the UK. Such...
Trump’s racism and American exceptionalism
The uproar over US President Donald Trump's latest outrageous remarks attacking four members of the US Congress - Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
Turkish officials: Syrian forces fire on observation post
Syrian government forces opened fire on a Turkish observation post in northwest Syria, two Turkish officials told Reuters on Thursday,...
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Turkey to host Syria summit with Russia, Iran on September 16
Ankara-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host his Russian and Iranian counterparts for a summit on Syria in Ankara on...
Read moreIraq paramilitary chief retracts accusation against US
Baghdad-The head of Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force has retracted his deputy’s accusation that the United States was behind a...
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Three Turkish soldiers killed in clash with Kurdish militants
Diyarbakir-Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey near the borders with Syria and...
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