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UAE behind Qatar hacks

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Turkish gendarmerie hails new season of Game of Thrones

Turkey’s flying aces stun crowds at UK airshow

Afghan disabled artist marks Turkey’s coup attempt

Philippines: MILF submits new Bangsamoro law to Duterte

Canada town against Muslim cemetery

Russia urges unconditional return of US compounds

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Palestinians say the security measures change the delicate balance of prayer at Al-Aqsa

UAE denies reports on hacking Qatari state media

Jury is still out as to whether the post-Daesh Middle East will manage to embark on a democratic path

By Yuri Barmin

MOSCOW - The end of the Islamic State (Daesh) may have begun in 2017. Mosul was heroically liberated by the Iraqi army recently and the capture of Raqqa in Syria looks imminent. The fear of Daesh has dominated the region for the last three years, and now that we are witnessing the beginning of its demise, deliberations as to what the post-Daesh Middle East is going to look like are gaining momentum. Unsurprisingly, Russia is not a stranger to these discussions and is looking to play a role in shaping the future of the region, where it continues to contest the

influence of the United States.The fact that Bashar al-Assad remains in power despite calls for him to step down, voiced by most world powers concerned, defines the contours of the debate about the future of authoritarian leaders in the Middle East. The region has historically been a testing ground for the longevity of various regimes and still today hosts the whole spectrum of them: from Western-type democracies to monarchies and clear tyrannies. While it is no secret that the U.S. and its European partners have traditionally advocated democratic values in the Middle East at least in words, Moscow’s position on the issue is something of a mystery at the moment. Russian officials insist that it is up to the Syrian people to decide...

Why Russia won’t support post-Daesh Mideast democracy

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Palestinians protest Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa

By Hader Glang

ZAMBOANGA CITY -President Rodrigo Duterte received a draft law by the Moro rebel group on Monday, in an important step to broker peace in the southeast Asian country. The rebel group submitted the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) at the presidential office in capital Manila. The BBL was part of...

CORUM - Security forces detained 10 Iraqi nationals on Monday for alleged links to terrorist group Daesh, according to a Turkish police source.A local court issued arrest warrants for the suspects on orders of the chief public prosecutor in Corum, Turkey’s central province, said the source who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.A mobile phone and laptop were seized during the operation, the source added.Nearly 190 suspects linked to Daesh were arrested in counter-terrorism operations across Turkey last month, according to data from security officials.At least 319 people have lost their lives in Daesh terror attacks in Turkey, where the terror organization has targeted civilians in suicide bomb...

By Barry Ellsworth

TRENTON - Residents of a small town in Canada voted Sunday 19-16 against a project that would have created the first Muslim owned and operated cemetery in the Quebec City region.Only 49 voters -- neighbors of the area where the cemetery would be established in a wooded area of Saint-Apollinaire -- were eligible to participate, and 36 cast their ballots with one rejected, Canadian media reported.

The mayor and council of the town of 6,000 residents endorsed the project May 1.But a petition against the cemetery was signed by 17 people, enough to necessitate a referendum on the cemetery.Opponents said Muslims could be buried in sections of existing cemeteries or in a new one that allowed multi-faith burials, with a section for those of the Islamic faith.But a spokesperson for the organization behind the project...

ANKARA - Moscow on Sunday urged the return of compounds in the U.S. seized by the Obama administration in retaliation for alleged Kremlin interference in the U.S. presidential election.“We still hope that our American counterparts

will show political wisdom and political will,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russia’s official TASS news agency.Bilateral ties worsened after the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the U.S.

By Kaamil Ahmed

JERUSALEM - Palestinians packed the narrow alleyways leading to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque on Monday, as hundreds prayed at the threshold, refusing to enter for a second day in protest against new Israeli security measures. Mosque officials told worshipers not to pass through new metal detectors set up at the gates when the holy site reopened Sunday following a two-day closure in response to a deadly shooting inside the compound before Friday prayers. Palestinians say the security measures change the delicate balance of prayer and visiting rights at the site, known as the status quo. Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, was among the worshipers who protested at Lions Gate, a major entrance to the Old City, after midday prayers. “They [Israelis] broke the protest because they don’t want people to be near Al-Aqsa mosque...

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Palestinians perform prayer in front of the new security metal detectors, outside one of the main entrances to the Al-Aqsa mosque, refusing to enter because of the detectors installed by Israel as the holy site re-opened for the first time on Sunday since a two-day closure following a deadly shootout in Jerusalem

10 Daesh suspects detained in Turkey