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Turkey urges UN to take action on Syria

Top officials in Turkey, which is one of the countries most affected by the Syrian crisis, has been pushing hard for a tougher stance on the Syrian regime in talks in New York, where they are attending the UN General Assembly’s 68th meeting with a delegation of high-level diplomats.

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Russian FM says Syrian chemical arms should be destroyed

Russia insists that all chemical weapons in Syria, including chemical arms components possibly held by Syrian opposition forces, should be destroyed, the Russian Foreign Minister said. Speaking after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in New York, Sergei Lavrov said “both

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Egypt to open Rafah border for 3 days

Palestinian ambassador in Cairo, Barakat Al-Farra, said on Wednesday that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza will be opened for three days starting Saturday. Al-Farra, who has been recently engaged in negotiations with Egyptian authorities over the crossing, stressed that “only students, and

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