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Libyan Army’s Forces Resist an Armed Attack on the Oil Crescent

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 8, 2016 | Middle East

The Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar revealed that it has resisted a surprise attack by armed militias allied with other militias that are believed to be loyal to the government of national accord that is headed by Faiz Al-Siraj and backed by...

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Ankara is More Interested in Counteracting Terrorism Rather Than Assad’s Departure

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Dec 8, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara reiterated the order of its priorities in Syria, and the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that overthrowing the head of the Syrian regime Bashar Al-Assad is not a priority for it. He added that operation Euphrates Shield in which Turkey supports Free...

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Turkey Aims at 5% Growth in 2018, 2019

by Said Abdul Razzak | Dec 8, 2016 | Business

Ankara- Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek announced that Turkey aims to achieve 5% growth in 2018 and 2019 while its inflation rate reached 7.5% for this year. In his keynote before the Committee on Plan and Budget that discusses the new budget of the...

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Paolo Negro became a Roma legend – while playing for Lazio. Photograph: Grazia Neri/Getty Images

The Unforgettable Own Goal That Changed Paolo Negro, Lazio and Roma

by Franco Ficetola | Dec 8, 2016 | Sports

Type “Paolo Negro” into the search bar on Facebook and you’ll discover the page Autogol di Paolo Negro (Paolo Negro’s own goal). The profile picture is a mocked up image of Negro wearing a Diadora-branded Roma shirt, the one they used at the turn of the millennium,...

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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson

British Media Biased for Iran in Johnson’s Remarks on ‘Proxy Wars’

by Asharq Al-Awsat, Agencies | Dec 8, 2016 | Middle East

British media has shown a clear bias for Iran while conveying statements made by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, in which he accused a number of Middle Eastern countries of ‘playing proxy wars.’ The Guardian newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corporation...