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March 20, 2019
Netanyahu, Pompeo vow to counter Iranian ‘aggression’
JERUSALEM — Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to counter Iranian “aggression” as the two met in Jerusalem just weeks ahead of Israel’s elections.Netanyahu said US President Donald Trump’s pressure on Iran was already having an effect, referring to his withdrawal from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and the re-imposition of sanctions.“We need to increase it, we ...
March 20, 2019
Netanyahu says Iran has ‘sensitive information’ on rival, Tehran denies hack
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could blackmail his main election rival, Benny Gantz, after hacking the former armed forces chief’s phone, even as Tehran denied doing so.Without providing any evidence or details, Netanyahu said Iran had gleaned “sensitive information”. His comments, in a brief speech broadcast online from his official residence, brought a new level of vitriol to the election race.Polls put Netanyahu’s ...
March 20, 2019
Bouteflika party says it backs Algeria protests
ALGIERS — The party of ailing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Wednesday it supports protesters’ calls for change while advocating his initiative for dialogue to overcome the country’s political crisis.National Liberation Front (FLN) chief Mouad Bouchareb said the government “was not in the hands of the party”, in remarks seen as an attempt to distance the FLN from the Bouteflika regime.The FLN has been in power since Algeria won ...
March 20, 2019
Battle for last Daesh enclave edges toward its end
BAGHOUZ, Syria — The operation to take last enclave of Daesh (the so-called IS) in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as US-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden militants.Reporters overlooking Baghouz from a hill on the bank of the Euphrates at the Iraqi border said the area was calm, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia searched for ...
March 20, 2019
UN to hold conference on Libya to pave way to elections
TRIPOLI — The United Nations said on Wednesday it will organize an all-party conference next month to draw up a “roadmap” to lead Libya toward elections and out of the chaos in which it has plunged since a 2011 revolution.The national conference aims to fix dates for legislative and presidential elections in the North African state, which has been torn apart by military, political and tribal feuds since the NATO-backed ...
March 20, 2019
Art Dubai 13th edition kicks off with 500 artists from 42 countries
DUBAI — The 13th edition of Art Dubai kicked off on Tuesday featuring 92 Contemporary and Modern galleries from 42 countries and one of the largest educational programming, and runs from March 20-23 at Madinat Jumeirah. Art Dubai hosts the inaugural edition of its new gallery section Bawwaba featuring ten solo presentations from artists, based in, and/or focused on projects about Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Central and South ...
March 20, 2019
Iranian fuel oil exports trade skirts sanctions
SINGAPORE/BAGHDAD/TRIPOLI — At least two tankers have ferried Iranian fuel oil to Asia in recent months despite US sanctions against such shipments, according to a Reuters analysis of ship-tracking data and port information, as well as interviews with brokers and traders.The shipments were loaded onto tankers with documents showing the fuel oil was Iraqi. But three Iraqi oil industry sources said the papers were forged.The transfers show at least some ...
March 20, 2019
Pompeo on Middle East tour to counter Iran
Kuwait City — Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo sought Wednesday to bolster a united front against Iran during a Middle East tour.The US secretary of state kicked off his regional tour in Kuwait where he met Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on the first stop of a trip that will also take him to Israel and Lebanon.Pompeo told reporters on the flight from the United States that he would discuss ...
March 20, 2019
On the campaign trail
By Fulya OzerkanIN a decade and a half in power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has often turned to oratory skills that are the envy of his foes to rouse supporters with speeches, poems and stories.Now the Turkish leader is picking up the microphone to sing, complete with hand gestures, to rally supporters of his ruling AKP party for March 31 local elections.Music has always been a powerful tool in ...
March 19, 2019
Iran’s missile program destabilizing Middle East: US
GENEVA — A senior US arms control official said on Tuesday that Iran’s missile program is destabilizing the Middle East and raising the risk of a “regional arms race” through the provision of such weapons to armed groups in Lebanon and Yemen.“Iran’s missile program is a key contributor to increased tensions and destabilization in the region, increasing the risk of a regional arms race,” Yleem Poblete, Assistant Secretary of State ...
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