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Turkish president meets leader of Libyan government

Turkey's president held a meeting on Sunday with the head of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).  The closed-door meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Fayez al-Sarraj took place in the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. On Nov. 7, Ankara and Tripoli-based...

Lebanon interior minister orders probe after protest violence

Lebanon's Interior Minister Raya El-Hassan on Sunday ordered the country's security forces to open a "rapid and transparent" enquiry, after dozens of people in Beirut were wounded in clashes the night before. Security forces in the capital used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse...

Iraq arrests five over lynching teenager in Baghdad

Iraqi security forces arrested five people in connection with lynching a teenager in the capital Baghdad this week, according to the interior ministry on Sunday. On Thursday, angry mob killed the teenager whom they accused of shooting protesters and hung his body by his ankles from a...