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February 28, 2018

Islamic Supreme Council of Algeria: We did not issue a fatwa prohibiting strikes

On Tuesday, The Islamic Supreme Council of Algeria denied issuing a fatwa which prohibits strikes, as has been circulated in some media outlets. This came in a statement published...

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February 28, 2018

Three Israeli warplanes breach Lebanese airspace

Two Israeli fighter jets and another reconnaissance aircraft have violated the Lebanese airspace, Lebanese army reported yesterday. According to the army’s statement, the two warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace...

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February 28, 2018

Report: MENA borrowing to drop by 6% in 2018

Sovereign borrowing by the Middle Eastern and North African countries will decline by 6 per cent in 2018, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings announced today in a report....

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February 28, 2018

Israeli foreign ministry chief says anti-BDS officials operating without transparency

The director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Yuval Rotem, “escalated its spat with the Strategic Affairs Ministry on Monday, accusing it of operating in the dark, reported Haaretz....

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February 27, 2018

Baghdad sends police reinforcements to oil-rich Kirkuk

Iraq’s central government has deployed a fresh Federal Police unit to Kirkuk with a view to cementing its grip on the oil-rich province, an Iraqi lawmaker said Tuesday. “Kirkuk...

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February 27, 2018

ICRC says it’s ‘impossible’ to bring an aid convoy in five hours to Ghouta

The International Committee of the Red Cross is ready to access Syria’s besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta to deliver life-saving aid, but the proposed five-hour pause is too short, a...

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February 27, 2018

Britain may join US strikes against Syria if chemical weapon use proven

Britain would consider joining US military strikes against the Syrian government if there is evidence chemical weapons are being used against civilians, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. Johnson...

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February 27, 2018

Israel suspends plan to levy taxes on Jerusalem churches

The Israeli prime minister’s office on Tuesday announced that Israel’s Jerusalem municipality had suspended plans to levy taxes on property owned by churches in Jerusalem. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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February 27, 2018

Court rules that EU-Morocco fishing deal cannot include Western Sahara

The European Union’s Court of Justice has ruled that the fishing deal between Morocco and the EU cannot include the waters of the Western Sahara as a non self-governing...

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February 27, 2018

Recognition of Palestine is tethered to an absence of vision

One statement from Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the UN Security Council last week focused upon the recognition of Palestine by UN member states; this has been overlooked. The context...

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