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Israel received most condemnations at UN in 2018: Report
Jan 01, 2019 08:53Israel faced the most condemnations at the United Nations in 2018, with the General Assembly passing at least 20 resolutions against Tel Aviv for human rights abuses, illegal settlement construction on occupied Palestinian territory as well as its continued occupation of East Jerusalem al-Quds.
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How critics of Trumps’ Syria withdrawal fueled the rise of Daesh
Jan 01, 2019 06:23Too many of those protesting the removal of US forces are authors of the catastrophe that tore Syria to pieces, says Max Blumenthal, founder and editor of GrayzoneProject.com, in his article for the same site, titled: “How Critics of Trumps’ Syria Withdrawal Fueled the Rise of DAESH”.
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More Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in coming days: Kuwait
Jan 01, 2019 04:00Kuwait says it expects more Arab countries to reopen diplomatic missions in Damascus in “coming days” amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world.
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Trump gives in to calls to slow down troop pullout from Syria
Jan 01, 2019 02:50United States President Donald Trump has given in to pressure to slow down his planned troop pullout from Syria, permitting the US military four months to withdraw.
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Trump comes clean... from world’s policeman to thug running a global protection racket
Dec 31, 2018 13:35President Trump’s big announcement to pull US troops out of Syria and Afghanistan is now emerging less as a peace move, and more a rationalization of American military power in the Middle East. In a surprise visit to US forces in Iraq this week, Trump said he had no intention of withdrawing the troops in that country, who have been there for nearly 15 years since GW Bush invaded back in 2003.
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Iraqi warplanes hit strategic Daesh position in eastern Syria, kills 30 commanders
Dec 31, 2018 13:04Iraqi military aircraft have pounded a strategic position of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad allowed Iraqi fighter jets to conduct airstrikes against the extremists in the neighboring country without waiting to be granted formal authorization for the assaults.
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Syrian Kurdish women rally in support of Army, denounce Turkish military threats
Dec 31, 2018 13:00Scores of women have staged a rally in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka to voice their support for the Syrian government forces and censure Turkey’s threats of a military campaign against Kurdish militants from the US-backed People's Protection Units (YPG).
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US military admits killing more civilians in Syria, Iraq
Dec 31, 2018 05:31The US military has issued a report, admitting killing additional civilians since it started its military campaign in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
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Trump agreed to reevaluate Syria evacuation: Graham
Dec 31, 2018 05:27US President Donald Trump has agreed to reevaluate his decision to immediately leave Syria, says Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, noting that the 30-day evacuation plan is now in a “pause situation.”
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Guardian: Assad 'has decisively won' war on Syria
Dec 31, 2018 05:06Leading British daily the Guardian says 2018 has ended on a note of triumph for the Syrian government amid the US decision to withdraw troops and a race among Arab states to restore ties with Damascus.