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April 21, 2017

Iraq Shia militias free 26 Qataris for $90 million ransom

26 Qataris, including members of the Gulf state’s ruling royal family and two Saudis, were freed on Friday after being kidnapped and held for a ransom of millions...

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April 21, 2017

China, Iran sign contract to redesign nuclear reactor

Chinese and Iranian companies are to sign the first commercial contracts to redesign Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear reactor as part of an international agreement reached in 2015, the...

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April 21, 2017

1,500 Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike

More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are continuing their hunger strike which began on Monday in protest against the conditions they are being held in. According...

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April 21, 2017

PA President Mahmoud Abbas needs to decide which side he’s on

It is perfectly normal for Palestinians to have political differences with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), but it is wholly unacceptable for any Palestinian, official or otherwise, to call...

Commentary & Analysis
April 21, 2017

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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April 21, 2017

Democracy is in the Arab world to stay, says Ghannouchi

The founder of Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has told a London audience that democracy is in the Arab world to stay. “The Arab spring is not dead,” said Shaikh Rached...

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April 21, 2017

Egyptian MP calls for greater militarisation of high schools

Military vocational schools would benefit Egypt’s teenagers more than high schools that focus on skills and trades, the country’s deputy minister of education has suggested. Ahmad El-Guweishy made his...

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April 21, 2017

Egypt's extrajudicial execution of alleged Daesh members

Egyptian security forces have carried out other extrajudicial killings in Sinai on the basis that they are fighting members of Daesh...

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April 21, 2017

Egyptian air raids kill 19 Daesh fighters in Sinai

The Egyptian military has said that air raids in northern Sinai have killed 19 members of Daesh in Egypt including three of its leaders. The military did not name...

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April 21, 2017

Egyptian court sets date for retrial of senior Muslim Brotherhood officials

The Cairo Court of Appeal has set next Wednesday as the date for the retrial of 13 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of murder and incitement...

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