37-year-old beautician tells of being on the streets on the most violent nights of the regime’s crackdown, and her fears that ‘all those people who died will have died in vain’
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Category: 3. Middle East
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HRANA: Iran executes at least 13 prisoners in one day
At least 13 prisoners were executed in various prisons across Iran on Saturday morning after having been convicted by the regime’s courts of drug and murder-related charges, US-based human rights group HRANA reported the same day.According to the…
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Syria continues to deploy forces after SDF agreement
Syria continues to work toward cementing the January 30 agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led force that was backed for a decade by the US.After clashes in January, the SDF and Syrian government agreed to cooperate and find…
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Over 2,200 IS detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria: Iraqi official
Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last month, an Iraqi official told AFP on Saturday.
They are among up to 7,000 IS detainees whose transfer from Syria to Iraq the US…
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Saudi Arabia signs major investment deals with Syria
Saudi Arabia and Syria agreed to a number of strategic contracts on Saturday.The deals follow Syria’s hosting of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Chevron and a Qatar-based company to pursue offshore oil and gas exploration….
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Thousands protest in Berlin in solidarity with Iranian uprisings
By Maria Martinez
BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in Berlin on Saturday in support of Iranians’ nationwide uprising, coinciding with the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 anti-monarchy revolution.
The rally follows nationwide…
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Algeria begins to cancel air services agreement with UAE
Feb 7 (Reuters) – Algeria has begun the process of cancelling its air services agreement with the United Arab Emirates, signed in Abu Dhabi in May 2013, state media said on Saturday.
It gave no immediate reason for the move, but Algerian media…
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US-Iran talks seen as pressure valve, not breakthrough
US-Iran nuclear talks concluded their first round Friday after 90 minutes, with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning against American “adventurism.”For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.orgThe brief procedural meeting,…
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Ex-hostage Nimrod Cohen seeks return to IDF service, says he wants ‘structure, meaning’
Former hostage Nimrod Cohen says he is seeking to return to army service, some four months after his return from two years of captivity in the Gaza Strip.
Cohen told Channel 12 on Friday that he believed having structure and routine was…
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Araghchi: Iran will strike US bases in Mideast if attacked
Iran will strike US bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by US forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, insisting that this should not be seen as an attack on the countries hosting them. Foreign…
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