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• Khamenei names Ali Ghaani to replace Suleimani 

  New Quds chief has been named by the Iranian leader Khamenei.
• EU expresses "concern" for Turkish troops deployment to Libya 

  On Thursday the Turkish parliament adopted a motion that paved the way to the deployment of troops to Libya.
• The Middle East turns into a powder keg once again 

  Iranian senior general Qassem Suleimani was killed by the US in Baghdad. This attack will have an earthquake effect in the Middle East. The US has called on US citizens to leave Iraq. The Mahdi Army was reactivated and so were pro-Iranian militias.
• Turkish Annual inflation at 11.84 percent 

  Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜIK) announced that Turkey posted an 11.84 percent annual hike in consumer prices in December.
• US bars Cuban Minister of Defense from entering the country 

  The United States confirmed it imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defense minister. 
• US strike on Baghdad airport kills Iranian General Soleimani 

  General Soleimani was commander of the Quds Force, the elite, external wing of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
• PSOE and Catalan party ERC agree negotiation political table 

  The pact facilitates the abstention of the deputies of ERC to allow the investiture of Pedro Sánchez.
• Either Canal or Istanbul: Stop the destruction project! 

  "We can stop this project which means destruction. This project is the betrayal of Istanbul."
• Turkish Parliament approves motion to send troops to Libya 

  Turkey’s parliament has voted to send troops to Libya to back the UN-supported government in Tripoli.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan on Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Turkish parliament to vote today on sending troops to Libya 

  Turkey’s parliament will vote today on whether to send troops to Libya to back the UN-supported government in Tripoli.
• Man threatened by officers naming his jailed wife 

  Mehmet Yönay, who worked as an administrator for 8 years at the Med Culture and Arts Association, was threatened by officers naming his detained wife when he was called for his social media activity in the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command.
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Iran 

  There has been a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in the north-east of Iran.
• At least 15 prisoners died when fight broke out in Mexican jail 

  The Mexican government said in a statement that more than 15 prisoners were killed and five others were badly wounded following a fight that broke out inside one of the country's jail.
• Hashd al-Shaabi withdraws from the US Embassy in Baghdad 

  The Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi has called on its members and supporters to withdraw from the US embassy in Baghdad. In front of the compound, a sit-in action had been going on after serious clashes with security forces.
• Iraq crisis: US to deploy further 750 soldiers to the Middle East 

  The Pentagon has confirmed they will send 750 soldiers to the Middle East as soon as possible.
• Vote on new government in Spain delayed to 2020 

  The Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos party presented their joint governing deal, outlining the policies that they want to implement from their planned coalition government. 
• Sinn Féin president: A new chapter in Ireland's history begins 

  Writing in An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD - in her New Year's message - has said that the coming year marks the beginning of a new decade that brings with it the opportunity to write a new chapter in our country's history. 
• Demo in Gävle calls for a boycott of Turkish products and tourism 

  The Rojava Committee in Gävle in northern Sweden has called for a boycott of Turkey because of the ongoing Turkish invasion of northern and eastern Syria.
• Youth Camp in Switzerland 

  The traditional New Year's Camp of the Kurdish youth movement took place in Switzerland. More than forty young people from four countries took part in the week-long event.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• HDP and DTK: Gains will grow in 2020 

  HDP and DTK said that 2020 will be a year in which resistance and gains will grow and AKP-MHP will lose power.
• Thousands of mourners try to storm US embassy in Baghdad 

  Thousands of Iraqi mourners have been trying to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad this morning following deadly US airstrikes this week.
• Arab League to hold emergency meeting today over Libya crisis 

  The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting to be held today to discuss the situation in the war-torn Libya.
• Researcher Atta: Erdogan is sending mercenaries to Libya 

  Researcher Ahmet Atta said the use of chemical weapons in North-East Syria was ordered by Turkish President Erdogan. "Erdogan - said Atta - plans to deploy mercenaries to North-East Syria. Chemical weapons will be probably used again."