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April 17, 2017

Tunisia is localising its democratic transition to further the aims of the revolution

Following the legislative and presidential polls in 2014, Tunisia has eventually announced that its municipal elections will be held on 17 December. The date is highly symbolic, as the...

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April 17, 2017

Trump, Russia and the Syrian crisis

Ten days ago, US warships fired dozens of missiles at a Syrian air base from where it is suspected fighter aircraft belonging to the Assad regime took off to...

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April 17, 2017

PA calls on Marwan Barghouthi to call off hunger strike

Senior Palestinian Authority officials have sent a message to a Fatah leader imprisoned by Israel calling on him to call off the mass hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners, local...

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April 17, 2017

Gaza’s only power station is completely out of service

The Palestinian Power Authority in Gaza announced on Sunday that the only power station in the territory has stopped working due to a lack of fuel. The only electricity...

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April 17, 2017

Yemenis face ‘torture till death’ in Houthi detention, says ex-prisoner

Yemeni prisoners are being “tortured to death” in the Houthis’ secret detention facilities, the Sana’a-based Association of Abductees’ Mothers reported yesterday. Speaking at a session held by the association in the Yemeni city of Ma’rib, the freed...

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April 17, 2017

400 Palestinians arrested for Facebook posts

The has been an increase in the number of Palestinian prisoners who are being held in in Israeli jails because of posts they have published on social networking sites...

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April 17, 2017

Chinese navy rescues Panamanian ship from pirates in Gulf of Aden

A convoy of Chinese navy forces rescued a Panamanian ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Media sources reported on Sunday that Frigate Hengyang...

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April 17, 2017

Turkey decides: Istanbul reacts to the presidential referendum

As morning broke over what many deem to be a new era in Turkey’s modern political history, everything in Istanbul seems like business as usual. The metropolis’ iconic fishermen...

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April 17, 2017

When Daesh is defeated: Who will fill the intellectual vacuum in the Arab World?

Back in the Middle East for a few months, I find myself astounded by the absence of the strong voices of Arab intellectuals. The region that has given rise...

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April 17, 2017

Israel braces for Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan ordered on Sunday that the Palestinian prisoners who are planning to join Monday’s hunger strike be gathered in the Negev’s Ktzi’ot prison, according...

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