Israeli comedian Guy Hochman was reportedly held for six hours of questioning on Monday upon arriving in Canada after a complaint was filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation, an anti-Israel legal group.
Associates of Hochman told Channel 12 news…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey warning as PKK vows won’t abandon Syria’s Kurds
Turkey warned Tuesday it would not tolerate “provocations” as Kurds in the country prepared to protest over a military offensive targeting Kurds in Syria that has also angered the militant PKK.
Syrian forces began an offensive nearly two weeks…
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Syria says 120 ISIS terrorists scaped, Ruday says 1,500
Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that about 120 Islamic State terrorists escaped from Shaddadi prison, after the Kurdish website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Farhad Shami, said around…
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Kurdish protesters mobilize support for Rojava in Syria
Kurdish protesters took to the streets across the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq on Monday night amid increasing reports about clashes in Syria between the forces of the Syrian transitional government and those of the Kurdish-led Syrian…
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Analysis-Pakistan’s ‘combat tested’ jets boost weapons sales
By Saad Sayeed and Ariba Shahid
ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s defence manufacturing industry is running red hot since its jets, drones and missiles earned the coveted ‘combat tested’ tag in a conflict with India last year, attracting a…
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Reza Pahlavi slams Ali Khamenei over protester deaths in Iran
Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi took aim at Iran’s leadership and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday night as the country’s internet shutdown entered its twelfth day and security forces maintained what residents…
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Palestinian football pitch faces Israel demolition ultimatum
BBCIsraeli authorities have ordered the football club to take the pitch apart, or they’ll demolish it A Palestinian children’s football club in the occupied West Bank faces imminent demolition despite an international campaign to save it. Its…
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Trump shares messages from France’s Macron offering G7 meeting after Davos
Jan 20 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron told U.S President Donald Trump that he could set up a meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon, according to screenshots of messages sent by Macron to Trump that were posted by the…
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Analysis-Canada’s Carney aims to lead new global trading order less reliant on US
By Promit Mukherjee, Andrew Mills and Federico Maccioni
OTTAWA/DOHA/DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to foster a new global trading order by working more closely with China and inking smaller trade deals, but…
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ASEAN will not certify Myanmar election or send observers, Malaysia says
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar’s ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the poll, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on…
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