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Israeli voters punish Netanyahu but keep him in power

August 22, 2019 at 8:18 a.m.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu set about forging a new ruling coalition on Wednesday after Israeli voters fed up with state coddling of ultra-Orthodox Jews chastised him by propelling an...

Analysis: Soaring Syria death toll brings intervention no closer

August 23, 2021 at 8:40 p.m.

AZAZ, Syria/LONDON (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria now exceeds 60,000, the United Nations says. Another 100,000 may die this year, warns U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. About 220...

Analysis: Soaring Syria death toll brings intervention no closer

August 22, 2019 at 7:57 a.m.

AZAZ, Syria/LONDON (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria now exceeds 60,000, the United Nations says. Another 100,000 may die this year, warns U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. About 220...

Egypt’s opposition rejects constitutional referendum

August 23, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main opposition coalition rejected on Sunday Islamist President Mohamed Mursi's plan for a constitutional referendum this week, saying it risked dragging the country into "violent confrontation"....

Egypt’s opposition rejects constitutional referendum

August 22, 2019 at 7:18 a.m.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's main opposition coalition rejected on Sunday Islamist President Mohamed Mursi's plan for a constitutional referendum this week, saying it risked dragging the country into "violent confrontation"....

Analysis: Syria’s implosion worries neighbors

August 23, 2021 at 11:02 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Signs that President Bashar al-Assad is rapidly losing his grip on Syria alarm his regional allies, Iran and Hezbollah, and worry other neighbors fearful of chaos on...

Analysis: Syria’s implosion worries neighbors

December 24, 2018 at 10:10 a.m.

LONDON (Reuters) - Signs that President Bashar al-Assad is rapidly losing his grip on Syria alarm his regional allies, Iran and Hezbollah, and worry other neighbors fearful of chaos on...

Mubarak’s tainted legacy hangs over Egyptian vote

August 23, 2021 at 6:28 a.m.

CAIRO/LONDON (Reuters) - Military police idly guard the gates of Egypt's presidential palace in Heliopolis, built as a 400-room luxury hotel in 1910 and vacant since a popular uprising deposed...

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