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Lebanon’s leaders in blame game over crisis
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Lebanon’s leaders in blame game over crisis

ANKARA: Turkey is ready to give Libya military support, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, with the country’s Parliament readying to authorize troop deployment. Turkey backs the government of Fayez Al-Serraj in Libya, which has been split into rival political and military factions since 2011 when ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed.  Al-Serraj’s…

Turkey readying to give Libya military support
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Turkey readying to give Libya military support

ANKARA: Turkey is ready to give Libya military support, a spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, with the country’s Parliament readying to authorize troop deployment. Turkey backs the government of Fayez Al-Serraj in Libya, which has been split into rival political and military factions since 2011 when ruler Muammar Gaddafi was ousted and killed.  Al-Serraj’s…

Syria missile strike kills 5 pro-Iran fighters: monitor
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Syria missile strike kills 5 pro-Iran fighters: monitor

BEIRUT: The outbreak of protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Iran has shaken the political establishment in Tehran. For decades, the theocracy has thrived on the doctrine of velayat-e faqih, which aimed to mobilize Shiite support across the Middle East under a single Iranian religious and political leadership. But exporting the Iranian brand of Shiism and…

Iraqis launch boycott of $9bn imports from Iran
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Iraqis launch boycott of $9bn imports from Iran

BEIRUT: On the eve of the Christmas holidays, shopping malls throughout Lebanon were limited to selling only food. The country has been hampered by an economic recession and political crisis for more than two months, creating financial and security chaos. Nicolas, a father of four who owns a toy store in Beirut, said: “Sales are slow.…

Lebanese resort to wheat cultivation amid famine fears
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Lebanese resort to wheat cultivation amid famine fears

BEIRUT: On the eve of the Christmas holidays, shopping malls throughout Lebanon were limited to selling only food. The country has been hampered by an economic recession and political crisis for more than two months, creating financial and security chaos. Nicolas, a father of four who owns a toy store in Beirut, said: “Sales are slow.…

Bethlehem prepares for Christmas
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Bethlehem prepares for Christmas

BETHLEHEM: Many Christians in Palestine like to celebrate Christmas by visiting the town of Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims cover the region, also visiting Nazareth and Jerusalem. Najwan Saifi and her sister and mother visit Bethlehem “almost every year” at Christmas. “We come to this city, spend…

In Gaza, a somber Christmas after permits row
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In Gaza, a somber Christmas after permits row

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s first integrated labor force study and largest family living conditions survey in almost three decades has revealed an estimated population of 4.8 million, 20 percent of them foreigners. The detailed review also showed the crisis-hit country’s unemployment rate to be running at 11.4 percent, and the average size of Lebanese families to have…

Tunisian PM-designate says to form government of ‘independents’
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Tunisian PM-designate says to form government of ‘independents’

ISTANBUL: The number of Syrians fleeing attacks in the country’s northwestern Idlib province and heading toward Turkey has reached 120,000, a Turkish aid group said on Monday, adding it was setting up a camp for some of those uprooted. Syrian and Russian forces have recently intensified their bombardment of targets in Idlib, which Syria’s President Bashar…

Car bomb kills 8 in Turkey-controlled Syria town: ministry
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Car bomb kills 8 in Turkey-controlled Syria town: ministry

ISTANBUL: The number of Syrians fleeing attacks in the country’s northwestern Idlib province and heading toward Turkey has reached 120,000, a Turkish aid group said on Monday, adding it was setting up a camp for some of those uprooted. Syrian and Russian forces have recently intensified their bombardment of targets in Idlib, which Syria’s President Bashar…

Cyprus police bring in boat with 34 Syrian migrants aboard
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Cyprus police bring in boat with 34 Syrian migrants aboard

ANKARA: Turkey cannot handle a fresh wave of migrants from Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, warning that European countries will feel the impact of such an influx if violence in Syria’s northwest is not stopped.Turkey currently hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population in the world, and fears another wave…

Erdogan says Turkey cannot handle new migrant wave from Syria, warns Europe
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Erdogan says Turkey cannot handle new migrant wave from Syria, warns Europe

ABU DHABI: In recent years, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries have been trying to build robust entrepreneurship ecosystems as part of a common drive to diversify their economies away from hydrocarbons. In practical terms, this means putting in place venture-friendly markets, friendly policies, funding vehicles, a stimulating culture and a range of support mechanisms.…

The building blocks of a tolerant Middle East
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The building blocks of a tolerant Middle East

DUBAI: Higher education will play a major role in fostering tolerance throughout the world, Arab intellectuals and academics have predicted. Experts believe the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which in recent years has been wracked by religious radicalism, violent extremism and sectarian strife, will be one of the major beneficiaries. Tolerance as a…

Russia, backed by China, casts 14th UN veto on Syria
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Russia, backed by China, casts 14th UN veto on Syria

DUBAI: Higher education will play a major role in fostering tolerance throughout the world, Arab intellectuals and academics have predicted. Experts believe the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which in recent years has been wracked by religious radicalism, violent extremism and sectarian strife, will be one of the major beneficiaries. Tolerance as a…

New Lebanese PM asks for chance to form government of independent technocrats
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New Lebanese PM asks for chance to form government of independent technocrats

DUBAI: Higher education will play a major role in fostering tolerance throughout the world, Arab intellectuals and academics have predicted. Experts believe the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which in recent years has been wracked by religious radicalism, violent extremism and sectarian strife, will be one of the major beneficiaries. Tolerance as a…

Foreign forces re-designing northern Syria puzzle
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Foreign forces re-designing northern Syria puzzle

BEIRUT: Lebanon has named academic and former education minister Hassan Diab as its next prime minister in a bid to end two months of political stalemate that has gripped the country. Diab, vice president of the American University of Beirut, was nominated to head the next government by President Michel Aoun’s parliamentary bloc, along with…

Hassan Diab  set to be next Lebanon PM
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Hassan Diab set to be next Lebanon PM

BEIRUT: Lebanon has named academic and former education minister Hassan Diab as its next prime minister in a bid to end two months of political stalemate that has gripped the country. Diab, vice president of the American University of Beirut, was nominated to head the next government by President Michel Aoun’s parliamentary bloc, along with…

Haftar forces to target Turkish troops entering Libyan territory
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Haftar forces to target Turkish troops entering Libyan territory

ALGIERS: Algeria’s new president pledged on Thursday to introduce presidential term limits and bring more young people into politics, as he tries to win over a pro-democracy movement that boycotted his election and forced out his long-serving predecessor. The gas-rich North African nation inaugurated Abdelmadjid Tebboune as president on Thursday in a pomp-filled ceremony. Members…

Floods compound Somalia’s year of climate misery
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Floods compound Somalia’s year of climate misery

BELEDWEYNE, Somalia: As Somalia withered from drought early this year, and her goats dropped dead from thirst, Maka Abdi Ali begged for rain. When the skies finally opened, nature was unmerciful. Unrelenting downpours in October turned to flash floods, destroying her meager home and few remaining possessions, and washing away whatever harvest and bony animals…

UN hosts renewed talks on contested Yemeni port city
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UN hosts renewed talks on contested Yemeni port city

BELEDWEYNE, Somalia: As Somalia withered from drought early this year, and her goats dropped dead from thirst, Maka Abdi Ali begged for rain. When the skies finally opened, nature was unmerciful. Unrelenting downpours in October turned to flash floods, destroying her meager home and few remaining possessions, and washing away whatever harvest and bony animals…

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