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A Dam In Turkey Will Soon Submerge One Of The World's Most Ancient Towns
The time had finally come for Ramsiz Alcin to leave, generations after her ancestors settled in this ancient town on the Tigris, decades after the state proposed building a dam down river and after years of protests that had ultimately failed to stop it. The dam would leave Hasankeyf almost totally submerged.
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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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"Great Day For Civilization": Trump As Turkey Agrees To Syria Ceasefire
Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire that would suspend its march into Syria and temporarily halt a week of vicious fighting with Kurdish forces, while allowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to carve out a long-coveted buffer zone far beyond his nation's borders.
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"As Soon As Tomorrow": Turkey Preps Syria Offensive As US Pulls Out
The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria's border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.
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Saudi Crown Prince Denies Ordering Khashoggi Killing
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia told "60 Minutes" that he takes "full responsibility" for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi because it was committed by Saudi government employees.
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Iran Denies Role In Saudi Attacks; Trump says US "Locked And Loaded"
Saudi Oil Attack: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States was prepared to respond to the devastating attacks on two oil installations in Saudi Arabia that halved the state oil company's production output, while Iran rejected US accusations that it was responsible.
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More Than Half Of Saudi Oil Output Hit After Drone Attacks On Aramco Plants
Saudi Arabia drone attack: Explosions and towering fireballs struck the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil empire on Saturday in an apparent wave of drone attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels. The blows knocked out more than half the kingdom's oil output for days or more and threatened to drive up already high tensions between Iran and its foes in the...
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Russia Preps S-400 Missiles For NATO Ally Turkey Amid US Sanctions Threat
Russia will begin delivering its S-400 air-defense system to NATO-member Turkey in the coming days, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday, in a deal likely to trigger U.S. sanctions and test the bonds of the Western military alliance.
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Saudi Crown Prince Knew Of "Criminal Mission" Targeting Khashoggi: Report
A special U.N. investigator on Wednesday called for further investigation of high-level Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Egypt's Ex-President Mohammed Morsi Dies In Court While Facing Trial
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, collapsed in court and died Monday while facing trial, prompting supporters and human rights activists to demand an impartial probe into his death.
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Saudi Arabia Silent As China Cracks Down On Muslims During Ramadan
In China, the current Islamic holy month of Ramadan can bring even more struggles for Muslims already under relentless pressures.
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Saudi Encouraged "Oil Boom" Foreign Workers To Leave. Now It's Struggling
Mohammed Iqbal joined the throng of foreign workers bound for Saudi Arabia during the oil boom of the 1970s, after recruiters from Pepsi visited his native India and dangled an opportunity in the kingdom driving a delivery truck.
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Saudi Arabia's Crackdown On Dissidents May Hinder Plan To Attract Tourists
The ambitious initiative, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would be challenging in the best of times - relying on the government to abandon its wariness of foreign visitors and on the outside world to revise its perceptions of Saudi Arabia as a forbiddingly conservative society.
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Saudi Ex-Royal Advisor, Suspect In Khashoggi Killing, Drops Out Of Sight
Authorities here will not say what became of Saud al-Qahtani, a powerful royal adviser whom Saudi prosecutors allege played a major role in the events that led to Jamal Khashoggi's killing in Istanbul three months ago.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
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A Dam In Turkey Will Soon Submerge One Of The World's Most Ancient Towns
The time had finally come for Ramsiz Alcin to leave, generations after her ancestors settled in this ancient town on the Tigris, decades after the state proposed building a dam down river and after years of protests that had ultimately failed to stop it. The dam would leave Hasankeyf almost totally submerged.
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Before US Raid, Al-Baghdadi Hid In Major Battlefield In Syria's Civil War
When US forces found Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, he was not in some forgotten border town or remote patch of desert but in Syria's Idlib province, a place where Baghdadi surely knew he was surrounded by enemies, and eyes.
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"Great Day For Civilization": Trump As Turkey Agrees To Syria Ceasefire
Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire that would suspend its march into Syria and temporarily halt a week of vicious fighting with Kurdish forces, while allowing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to carve out a long-coveted buffer zone far beyond his nation's borders.
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"As Soon As Tomorrow": Turkey Preps Syria Offensive As US Pulls Out
The United States began withdrawing American troops from Syria's border with Turkey early Monday, in the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was washing its hands of an explosive situation between the Turkish military and U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.
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Saudi Crown Prince Denies Ordering Khashoggi Killing
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia told "60 Minutes" that he takes "full responsibility" for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi because it was committed by Saudi government employees.
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Iran Denies Role In Saudi Attacks; Trump says US "Locked And Loaded"
Saudi Oil Attack: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States was prepared to respond to the devastating attacks on two oil installations in Saudi Arabia that halved the state oil company's production output, while Iran rejected US accusations that it was responsible.
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More Than Half Of Saudi Oil Output Hit After Drone Attacks On Aramco Plants
Saudi Arabia drone attack: Explosions and towering fireballs struck the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil empire on Saturday in an apparent wave of drone attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels. The blows knocked out more than half the kingdom's oil output for days or more and threatened to drive up already high tensions between Iran and its foes in the...
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Russia Preps S-400 Missiles For NATO Ally Turkey Amid US Sanctions Threat
Russia will begin delivering its S-400 air-defense system to NATO-member Turkey in the coming days, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday, in a deal likely to trigger U.S. sanctions and test the bonds of the Western military alliance.
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Saudi Crown Prince Knew Of "Criminal Mission" Targeting Khashoggi: Report
A special U.N. investigator on Wednesday called for further investigation of high-level Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Egypt's Ex-President Mohammed Morsi Dies In Court While Facing Trial
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president, collapsed in court and died Monday while facing trial, prompting supporters and human rights activists to demand an impartial probe into his death.
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Saudi Arabia Silent As China Cracks Down On Muslims During Ramadan
In China, the current Islamic holy month of Ramadan can bring even more struggles for Muslims already under relentless pressures.
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Saudi Encouraged "Oil Boom" Foreign Workers To Leave. Now It's Struggling
Mohammed Iqbal joined the throng of foreign workers bound for Saudi Arabia during the oil boom of the 1970s, after recruiters from Pepsi visited his native India and dangled an opportunity in the kingdom driving a delivery truck.
-
Saudi Arabia's Crackdown On Dissidents May Hinder Plan To Attract Tourists
The ambitious initiative, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, would be challenging in the best of times - relying on the government to abandon its wariness of foreign visitors and on the outside world to revise its perceptions of Saudi Arabia as a forbiddingly conservative society.
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Saudi Ex-Royal Advisor, Suspect In Khashoggi Killing, Drops Out Of Sight
Authorities here will not say what became of Saud al-Qahtani, a powerful royal adviser whom Saudi prosecutors allege played a major role in the events that led to Jamal Khashoggi's killing in Istanbul three months ago.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
