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Libyan court sentences 45 to death for killing protesters in 2011

A Libyan court on Wednesday sentenced 45 militiamen to death by firing squad for killing demonstrato..

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Qatar to invest $15b in Turkey’s financial markets and banks

Turkish President Erdogan meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Ankara on Wedn..

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It is Netanyahu, not Corbyn, who deserves ‘unequivocal condemnation’

Everyone and their brother in the UK – at least the tabloid media and pro-Israel apologists – has go..

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Re-opening of Kerem Shalom crossing met with scepticism in Gaza

A truck carrying goods arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 1..

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Israel clears soldiers in 2014 Gaza assault despite war crimes charges

Israels military on Wednesday closed its probe into a deadly 2014 assault in Gaza that followed the ..

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Jordan court charges five with terrorism after deadly raid

Five suspected extremists arrested during a deadly raid in a town northwest of Amman were charged wi..

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The Prophets Mosque: Great status and vast expansions in the Saudi era

Author: ARAB NEWSID: 1534278699475214100Tue, 2018-08-14 23:30 The Prophets Mosque in Madinah is a..

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ANALYSIS: Turkeys currency and debt crisis has been years in the making

A teller holds Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in August 2018 (Yasin AKGUL / AF..

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Five years after Rabaa: From generation protest to generation violence

On 14 August 2013, Egyptian security forces raided two large sit-ins that were occupied for six week..

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Deadly lack of security plagues Nigeria as Buhari seeks re-election

More than 1,300 people have been killed in increasingly vicious land disputes between cattle herders..