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Middle East

Syria authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus

The Syrian embassy in Moscow announced on Monday that Syria has authorized the use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V against Covid-19 on its territory. “The

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Middle East

IAEA reaches a last-minute deal that could save the future of US-Iran nuclear talks

The Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), returned to Vienna from Iran last night with a last-minute deal that

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NATO expands its training mission in Iraq from five hundred to four thousand soldiers

NATO expands the training mission in Iraq. The current contingent of five hundred men will gradually rise to four thousand. The purpose of the maneuver,

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Middle East

Kuwait, emir postpones the National Assembly sessions by one month

A statement shared via Twitter by the Kuwaiti government said that the emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has issued a decree to postpone the

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Middle East

Yemeni government worries over cancellation of Houthi classification as terror group

Last week, US administration announced that it would be lifting terrorist designation of Al-Houthis, the Iran-backed extremist outfit. The rebel Yemeni organisation was earlier added

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Middle East

Iraq, international coalition confirms one person was killed and 5 others injured by missile attacks on a US base in Erbil

Security sources belonging to the Kurdish forces of the Peshmerga announced on Monday evening, February 15, 2021, that at least three mortar bombs landed near

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Middle East

Turkey slams killing of 13 Turks by Kurdish militant group, vouches for revenge

On Sunday, Turkey reported the killing of its intelligence officials and military personnels by the militant fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). As per the

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Middle East

Relations between Turkey and the United States are at a dead end with Joe Biden

The new US president Joe Biden started his mandate by taking a public harder line on Turkey, with analysts awaiting a rugged path ahead between

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Middle East

Iranian nuclear power, AIEA: “Tehran closer to the atomic bomb acquisition”

Tensions are rising after the latest news on the escalation of uranium enrichment and the ever-closer acquisition of the atomic bomb by the ayatollahs. A

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Middle East

Saudi Arabia releases women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

After a thousand days in prison, Loujain al-Hathloul is free. Human rights activist, 31, Loujain has become known around the world for campaigning for the