For a quarter century, defeating the Kurdish insurgency has been a pillar of Turkish state policy; now, that's being called into question as the government takes stock of the fight's cost
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Jordan's foreign minister reveals 100 Syrian military and police deserters have taken refuge in the kingdom during the eight-month uprising in their country
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Iranian move comes in response to latest wave of sanctions imposed by the West for Tehran's nuclear programme
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On the day Arab League was deciding on sanctions against Damascus, three Gulf states urge its citizen to leave Syria
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Yemen's vice president calls presidential elections for 21 February after President Salah accepts the fourth power-transfer deal offer, but immunity caveat rejected by opposition
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During preparatory meeting in Cairo, the Arab League proposes a new list of sanctions against Syria that includes cutting commercial ties with the rogue state
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Israel hit Gaza strip with two airstrikes, with no report of causalities from the Palestinian side
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Arab foreign minister discuss number of sanctions against Syrian regime including the suspension of flights and freezing of government assets
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Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) officially announced the winner of the the parliamentary elections in Morocco
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UN reject the French proposal to send humanitarian corridors to Syria address civilian suffering from Assad regime crackdown
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Experts argue that the Saudi government should create a mechanism to embrace the Shiite minority to prevent Iran from using them to destabilise the country
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Morocco Islamist's the Justice and Development Party calls on the political powers to join in a national collation government
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Russia's ruling party expects to choose its presidential election candidate in a mas rally on Sunday, a head of December 4 parliament election
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Yemen's opposition parties have nominated the head of their coalition to lead the first government after veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to quit in 90 days
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday that it was "not possible" to impose economic sanctions on Syria due to its commercial ties with Iraq and the large number of Iraqi refugees there
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Morocco's main Islamist party said Saturday it had won more than 100 out of 395 seats in parliament, describing the polls as a "historic turning point"
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Activists say Syrian military forces have clashed with army defectors using machine guns and heavy weaponry in the country's east
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Arab officials are considering Saturday boycotting the central bank, freezing govt bank accounts and suspending flights into Syria after Al-Assad refused monitors to oversee an Arab League peace plan implementation
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