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Fresh Blow to Lebanon’s Ties With Gulf Nations

Al-Shabaab, a Somali militant group commonly known as a “Salafi-jihadist movement”, is the major instigator behind the ongoing political crisis and frequent attacks in Somalia.

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Sirte waits at the edge of battle

The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has been moving columns of troops from Misrata along the Mediterranean….

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End of crisis or beginning: Egyptian forces enter Libya, Turkey slams it as ‘Illegal’

On Friday, Egyptian forces entered Libya backing upthe war-torn country’s warlord General Haftar Khalifa’s forces (Libyan National Army….

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Libya Finds The Will To Sell Oil Once Again

Strange movement seems to be happening in the war torn Libyan region where the National Oil Corporation (NOC) seems to have lifted the force majeure clause from its key oil facilities….

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Turkey Continues Misuse Of Syrian Youth To Meet Its Geopolitical Ambitions In Libya

Turkey has played its card well, even at the time of the Covid-19 crises where each nation is trying to save its lot. The mortality rate in Turkey has not been as poor as in Germany or Italy for that matter.

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COVID19 gets Jordan to confront its tobacco problem

Jordan had banned smoking cigarettes in closed public spaces in 2008. But the implementation of the ban was non-existent and it is not surprising in a country….

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Will Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia mosque plan work

Probably that’s the reason, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decided to convert Hagia Sophia from a museum into a mosque….

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Erdogan visits Qatar to seek funds for strengthening regional footing despite COVID19 travel curbs

On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Qatar to seek more funds for its plummeting economy as the country…

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$1 billion worth of “ISIS made” Amphetamines seized in Italy

Italian police seized a record haul of 14 tonnes of amphetamines which are suspected to be manufactured in Syria to finance ISIS….

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No takers for extending Iran’s arms embargo

It became abundantly clear in the United National Security Council meeting on Tuesday that there is little appetite to meet the US….