| ANSD Updates Tue 14 - 1 - 2020 |
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| Libya’s rival leaders fail to reach accord |
Agence France Presse
MOSCOW: Libya's eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar has left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement to end nine months of fighting in the country, the Russian foreign ministry confirmed to AFP Tue |
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| Russia says civilians can flee Syria's Idlib via three new checkpoints |
Alexander Marrow And Anton Kolodazhnyy| Reuters
MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that civilians could leave what it calls a de-escalation zone in Syria's Idlib Province via three new check |
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| Jordan’s King Abdullah warns that Daesh on rise again in Mideast |
Agence France Presse
PARIS: King Abdullah of Jordan warned Monday that Daesh (ISIS) was regrouping and was once again on the rise in the Middle East. Months after the ousting of Daesh last year from their last Syrian holdout, Abdull |
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| Lebanon: Amal, FPM deal major blow to Diab efforts |
Hussein Dakroub| The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab’s efforts to form a government of specialists suffered a potentially fatal blow Monday with news that two of the main parliamentary blocs to initiall |
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| UAE to start first nuclear reactor in 'months': officials |
Agence France Presse
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant will start operating within a "few months" after repeated delays to meet safety and regulatory conditions, two energy officials said M |
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| After Sultan Qaboos, Oman to retain its treasured neutrality |
Agence France Presse
DUBAI: The sultanate of Oman, positioned geographically and diplomatically between the rival powers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, earned outsize influence under the long reign of the late Sultan Qaboos.
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| Lebanon deserves international support |
Charles Tannock
BRATISLAVA: The news from Lebanon in recent weeks has been grim. As street protests in Beirut and other cities intensify, so does the country’s economic suffering. A political, economic, and social crisis |
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