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  Saudi, UAE renew call for south Yemen peace talks

  Agence-France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:00am on August 27, 2019

  Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates renewed a call on Monday for peace talks between Yemen’s government and southern separatists, urging a ceasefire following...

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  Syria soldiers eye Turkish outpost in recaptured town

  Agence-France-Presse . Syria | Updated at 12:00am on August 27, 2019

  Syrian soldier Ahmad Amuri rolls up on a motorbike to hand water bottles to comrades standing guard under pistachio trees, just a few dozen metres...

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  Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir ME tensions

  Reuters . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on August 26, 2019

  Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri said two Israeli drones which crashed in a suburb of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah were designed to stir...

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  Iranian tanker switches destination, heads to Turkey

  Reuters . Athens | Updated at 12:00am on August 25, 2019

  An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran has switched destination and is now heading to Turkey instead of southern...

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  Iran unveils new home-grown missile defence system

  Agence-France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:02pm on August 22, 2019

  Iran unveiled its new home-grown air defence system on Thursday at a time of increased tensions with the United States. Iranian officials have previously called...

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  Saudi Arabia eases travel restrictions on women

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:42am on August 22, 2019

  Saudi Arabia on Tuesday began implementing a landmark reform allowing women over the age of 21 to receive passports and travel abroad without permission from...

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  Zarif warns US that Tehran may also act ‘unpredictably’

  Reuters . Stockholm | Updated at 12:00am on August 22, 2019

  Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday Tehran may act ‘unpredictably’ in response to the United States’ ‘unpredictable’ policies under US president Donald...

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  Syrian army poised to take key town after rebel withdrawals

  Reuters . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on August 21, 2019

  Syrian government forces look set to recover a strategic town that has been in rebel hands since 2014 in a major Russian-backed offensive into the...

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  3 killed in Syria air strike on Turkey convoy

  Reuters . Beirut/ Ankara | Updated at 12:00am on August 20, 2019

  Turkey said a Syrian government air strike on a Turkish military convoy in northwest Syria killed three civilians and wounded 12 on Monday as Syrian...

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  Netanyahu meets Ukrainian president

  Agence France-Presse. Jerusalem | Updated at 02:01pm on August 19, 2019

  Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked Sunday on an official visit to Ukraine — from which many Israelis hail — a month ahead of the...