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  UK Student Jailed in Saudi Arabia for Tweets Supporting Women's Rights Released After Decades-Long Sentence Drastically Reduced

  A woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting in support of women's rights has been released after four years following international outrage.

• Netanyahu sets legal actions against Arab lawmakers for visiting Palestinian families

  Benjamin Netanyahu seeks legal action to ban three Arab legislators after they had a meeting last week with the Palestinian families who had killed by Israeli forces.

• Israel slams Palestinians' push to fly their flag at U.N.

  Israel complained to the United Nations on Tuesday about a Palestinian initiative to fly their flag alongside those of full member states at the world body's headquarters, calling it "another cynical misuse of the U.N. by the Palestinian Authority."

• U.S. says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign

  More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

• Heavy clashes on Saudi-Yemeni border; Hadi government pleads for troops

  Saudi troops clashed with Yemeni Houthi fighters on Tuesday in the heaviest exchange of cross-border fire since the start of a Saudi-led air offensive last week, while Yemen's foreign minister called for a rapid Arab intervention on the ground.

• Israel's game of thrones: first the vote, then the kingmaking

  Israelis will vote in a parliamentary election on March 17, choosing among party lists of candidates to serve in the 120-seat Knesset.

• Jewish-nation bill frays Israel's delicate social fabric

  Israel is poised to pass one of the most divisive laws in its 66-year history, a bill that would declare it the homeland of the Jewish people only -- and further alienate its Arab minority.

• Israel jails Arab citizen who fought for Islamic State

  An Israeli court handed a relatively light prison sentence on Monday to an Arab citizen who spent three months fighting with Islamic State in Syria before quitting the group and returning home to face prosecution.

• Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets

  Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hoping they might tip the balance in the battle to defend the town against Islamic State, as U.S.-led air strikes continued to bomb the ultra-hardline group in Iraq and Syria.

• Trial of prominent Bahraini activist starts in Manama

  Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab went on trial on Sunday over remarks published on his Twitter account that were critical of state institutions, his lawyer said, in a case that has drawn criticism from international civil society groups.

• Islamic State blows away Gulf qualms about joining U.S. military action

  It is more than 23 years since Arab countries last made common cause to join U.S.-led military action, and it has taken the threat of Islamic State to persuade them that any public backlash in an already turbulent region is a price worth paying.

• Arab role may be key to U.S. strikes in Syria: U.S. officials

  President Barack Obama wants some Arab participation in air strikes against the Islamic State in order to expand the campaign to Syria, reflecting U.S. concerns that any long-term campaign must count on regional involvement, U.S. officials say.