ANSD Updates Tue 5 - 3 - 2019 |
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Some 150 Daesh militants surrender |
DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria: Around 150 Daesh (ISIS) militants surrendered after a ferocious battle over their last shred of territory in eastern Syria, but an unknown number of militants are still holding out, a military source in a U.S.-backed Syri |
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Seven Syrian ministers added to EU sanctions list |
Agence France Presse
BRUSSELS: European Union countries Monday added Syria’s interior minister and six other new ministers to a sanctions blacklist for their role in President Bashar Assad’s “violent repression&rdq |
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Students protest Bouteflika’s offer of shortened term |
Reuters
ALGIERS: Students determined to pursue Algeria’s biggest anti-government protests in years boycotted classes Monday to denounce an offer by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run in elections next month but not to serve |
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Bouteflika: From revered revolutionary to ailing recluse |
Lamine Chikhi| Reuters
ALGIERS: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a veteran of the war for independence who has ruled Algeria for two decades, is again fighting for survival, this time facing a wave of protests by crowds angry at his |
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Egypt releases prominent photojournalist after 5-year term |
Associated Press
CAIRO: A prominent Egyptian photojournalist was released after five years in prison and returned home on Monday to hugs from his family and friends, pledging to continue working despite having to spend the nights at |
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U.K. warns of Yemen peace process risk |
LONDON/ADEN, Yemen: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Sunday that a peace process in Yemen’s main port city “could be dead within weeks” without more committed effort from both sides. “We are now in last chance saloon |
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Saudi Arabia says it is too early to reopen Syria embassy |
Reuters
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not reopen its embassy in Syria before progress is made on a political process to end the war, the kingdom's minister of state for foreign affairs said Monday.
"This [reopeni |
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Flag comes down on U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem |
Reuters
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The United States lowered the flag Monday at the Jerusalem consulate that had served as its diplomatic channel to Palestine, merging the mission with the new U.S Embassy to Israel in the contested city. |
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Five children killed in attack in Hodeida: U.N. |
Agence France Presse
DUBAI: Five Yemeni children were killed in an attack on their home in flashpoint Hodeida province, the U.N. and medics said, months into a cease-fire agreed by the government and rebels.
The U.N. |
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Anti-graft drive doomed: analysts |
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star
BEIRUT: A much-trumpeted and long-awaited drive against rampant corruption in the public administration appears to be gathering steam, hardly a month after the formation of a new government that has p |
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Religion and ethnicity: How Turkey controls Syria |
Ferhat Gurini
While all eyes have been fixed on Ankara’s plans in Manbij, Turkey’s creation of a buffer territory farther west of the Euphrates since 2016 has largely gone unnoticed. Turkey has taken a two-pronged approach to the a |
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Migration myths versus actual economic facts |
Mahmoud Mohieldin & Dilip Ratha
On Dec. 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, with 152 votes in favor, five votes against, and 12 abstentions. Support |
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Egypt’s top sheikh calls polygamy ‘injustice,’ draws debate |
Associated Press
CAIRO: Egypt’s top Muslim sheikh has stirred up controversy after saying that polygamy is an “injustice” for women, but stopped short of calling for a ban on the practice. “Those who say that |
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"She said she'd blow herself up first": Hope dims on Yazidis |
Philip Issa| Associated Press
DAHUK, Iraq: Baseh Hammo was 38 when she was enslaved by Daesh (ISIS) militants. Raped and abused, she was sold 17 times among members of the so-called "caliphate," and moved from city to city |
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Disability NGOs cashless for a year |
Abby Sewell| The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Dozens of nonprofits providing services to people with special needs in Lebanon went more than a year without receiving contracted payments from the Lebanese government for their services, represe |
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Hundreds march in Beirut against child marriage |
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Hundreds marched in Beirut Saturday in protest of child marriage to mark International Women’s Day, which will fall officially on March 8.
Despite heavy rain, protesters gathered in Adlieh |
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Activists: Media laws to get needed reform |
Finbar Anderson| The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Activists voiced optimism Friday that 2019 could finally be the year that Lebanon’s antiquated media laws get a much-needed update, with a senior parliamentarian committing to making ref |
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