Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent his top adviser to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian leader's meeting with Trump, in hopes that Moscow will remain wary of US promises.
Source: Al Monitor
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The art of the deal in Helsinki
A win-win on Syria is there for the taking by leveraging Putin’s relationship with Iran.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: The art of the deal in Helsinki
Are Israel's ultra-Orthodox schools following Jewish values?
Ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi leaders of rabbinical schools discriminate against Mizrahi students because they fear a more open-minded influence on their conservative educational system.
Source: Al Monitor
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Will court's decision to dismiss Israeli arson confession set precedent?
An Israeli court has ruled that the Shin Bet's interrogation methods used on Jews suspected of terror attacks against Palestinians were unacceptable, freeing a confessed arsonist implicated in the murder of the Dawabsha family.
Source: Al Monitor
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Fatah seeks to rekindle ties with Syrian regime
Rival Palestinian parties Fatah and Hamas are both making overtures to Syria, but one appears to be having considerably more success than the other.
Source: Al Monitor
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Oil installations hit by protests in southern Iraq
The wave of protests in the southern province of Basra is escalating, even as the government promises to improve the status of the province in order to calm the street.
Source: Al Monitor
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Entrepreneur of the Week: Dawaami's Kamal Al Samarrai
A veteran of the recruitment industry, Kamal Al Samarrai has self funded a new platform that he says can be scaled around the world
Source: Arabian Business
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US firm picked to oversee construction of UAE rail network
Jacobs Engineering Group is selected to deliver engineering and design services for the 900km network
Source: Arabian Business
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Death by ‘fake news’: How is India tackling social media-fueled lynchings?
The smartphone footage shows the two blood-soaked men pleading for their lives. Moments later they were dead, two more victims of lynchings sparked by rumors spread on Facebook and WhatsApp in India.
Source: Al Arabiya
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Syria activists debunk video game, film footage used to spread war news
Old images, fiction films and even video games have all been used to spread fake news stories in war-torn Syria -- creating all the more work for a media collective debunking them.Protests broke out
Source: Al Arabiya
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