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Trump set for star turn in Netanyahu re-election campaign
US President Donald Trump's role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral campaign gets its star turn this week when the two allies meet in Washington ahead of Israeli polls. The billionaire president has already been featured on giant campaign billboards in Israel shaking hands and...
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The Egypt, Israel peace treaty sealed 40 years ago
Forty years ago Egypt and Israel signed the first ever peace treaty between the Jewish state and an Arab nation, upturning Middle East diplomatic and military relations. The March 26, 1979 Egypt?Israel Peace Treaty sealed accords which had been settled the previous year at a groundbreaking...
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Arab coalition launches raids on Houthis in Sanaa: Al-Arabiya
The Arab coalition in Yemen launched raids on Houthi camps in the capital of Sanaa, including the Al-Dailami air base, Al-Arabiya TV reported Saturday. The U.S. ambassador to Yemen blamed the Iran-aligned Houthi movement Thursday for the holdup to a United Nations-led peace deal in the main...
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As 'caliphate' ends where is its leader Baghdadi?
The world's most wanted man who has so far eluded capture, Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has seen his "caliphate" crumble and its last shred of territory in Syria evaporate on Saturday. After declaring himself caliph in 2014, Baghdadi held sway over seven million people...
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