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What is driving Saudi Arabia's apparent rapprochement with Turkey?
Analysis

What is driving Saudi Arabia's apparent rapprochement with Turkey?

Analysis
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The New Arab

In 30 October, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing its deep pain and regret for the dozens of deaths and injuries in Izmir following an earthquake in western Turkey. Most observers paid little attention to the statement and considered it a customary measure, especially since an unofficial call to...

Landmine planted by YPG militia kills civilian in north Syria
Syria

Landmine planted by YPG militia kills civilian in north Syria

Syria
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A landmine explosion Friday killed a civilian in northern Syria.  The landmine planted by the Kurdish YPG militia in a village in Ayn al-Arab district, detonated Nov. 13 when a farmer was reportedly working in the field, according to sources. Sheikh Nabi Hamo Bozi was critically injured by the explosion and died Friday....

January Syrian talks to focus on Constitution: UN envoy
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January Syrian talks to focus on Constitution: UN envoy

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The UN special envoy for Syria announced Friday that a new round of talks to discuss constitutional principles for a peaceful Syria will begin next month in Geneva   Geir Pedersen told reporters at the UN that there was "some common ground" after five days of talks. "So, when the next meeting will be starting on the 25th...

Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers
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Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers

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Thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups have signed up for COVID-19 vaccinations in Moscow starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunization effort. The vaccinations come three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of a “large-scale” COVID-19 immunization campaign even though a...

How scientists saved rare seeds from Syria's war — and are now helping to feed the world
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How scientists saved rare seeds from Syria's war — and are now helping to feed the world

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In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, or ICARDA, fled their beloved gene bank in Tel Hadia, 20 miles south of Aleppo. Syria’s civil war, which had broken out three years earlier, had finally made the staffing of the facility untenable. But the scientists had already shipped off a...

From Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia and Turkey's complex regional rivalry
Analysis

From Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia and Turkey's complex regional rivalry

Analysis
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On 20 October, without much media hype, Turkish forces stationed in the Syrian city of Morek began withdrawing from their base.  Morek is the most important Turkish post north of the Syrian regime-held city of Hama and borders the rebel-controlled northwestern part of the country.  The base is surrounded by Russian-backed...

Turkish Red Crescent helps disabled Syrian
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Turkish Red Crescent helps disabled Syrian

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Turkish Red Crescent extended a helping hand to 18-year-old Abdullah Abu al-Homsi, who suffers from a physical and mental disability following an attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on the occasion of the International Day for People with Special Needs on Dec. 2, his father Saadeddin Abu...

Syria

Landmine planted by YPG militia kills civilian in north Syria

A landmine explosion Friday killed a civilian in northern Syria.  The landmine planted by the Kurdish YPG militia in a village in Ayn al-Arab district, detonated Nov. 13 when a farmer was reportedly working in the field, according to sources. Sheikh Nabi Hamo Bozi was critically injured by the explosion and died Friday....

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Business

Turkish lira slips as US moves closer to sanctions over S-400s

Turkey's lira slipped on Friday after US lawmakers included mandatory Turkish sanctions in a defence spending bill that moves Washington a step closer to punishing its NATO ally for buying Russian S-400 missile defences last year. The final version of the $740 billion annual US defence spending legislation would oblige the White House to...

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Opinion

Isn't it time to form new alliances across the Middle East?

Geo-strategists cite the Arab world as one of the main areas of instability in the world. Civil wars, divisions and societal problems abound across the region. Hatred is apparently never-ending between Arab countries, most of whom seem to lack any sort of confidence in each other. There are many reasons for this, including foreign...

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World

U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a “stampede for vaccines” to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday. World Food Programme (WFP) chief David Beasley and World Health Organization (WHO) head...

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Tsunami

Who saves Syrian refugees in Lebanon as state pillars collapse

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- The deteriorating economic conditions, spreading of Coronavirus and the political turbulence have all a severe impact on more than one million Syrian refugees who have already endured to sersie of human rights violations and discriminatory practices. Syrian refugees stand out as the weakest link, which will pay...

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Syrian Refugees

Lebanese crisis deepens Syrian refugee misery

Life in Lebanon has become so difficult for Syrian refugee Ahmad, he says he recently contemplated suicide. The 54-year-old father of three cleans shops at a mall in exchange for rent-free accommodation in a cramped room in the town of Daraya, southeast of Beirut. His daughters sometimes go into the street to sell tissues to help keep...

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War Criminals

Pro-Assad anchorman seeks asylum in France, leaves state TV

Zaman al Wasl’s investigative team, which looks into the Syrian war criminals in the ranks of refugees in the EU, received information indicating the arrival of Rami Nofal, an anchorman in the state TV. Nofal promoted the Assad regime and justified its crimes against Syrian civilians and contributed in distorting the truth since the...

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