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February 2, 2017

IKEA to create jobs for Syrian refugees

IKEA has announced plans to create jobs for Syrian refugees displaced by the civil war in the country. The furniture retail giant plans to sell a new line of...

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February 2, 2017

Tunisian politician says delegate reshuffle a ‘scandal’

The secretary-general of the Tunisia Project (Mashrou Tounes) movement Mohsen Marzouk has said that his party is “willing to co-operate with other political actors in the upcoming municipal elections”,...

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February 2, 2017

Qatar sent forces to protect Erdogan after coup attempt

A document attributed to the Qatari Embassy in Ankara claimed that Doha sent Special Forces to protect Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the failed coup attempt on July...

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February 2, 2017

Trump hails US Serviceman in deadly Yemen attack

After US forces appeared to have murdered an eight-year-old Yemeni-American girl by shooting her in the neck during a raid conducted by the Navy SEALs over the weekend, calls...

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February 2, 2017

UAE cosying up to Trump by defending ‘Muslim ban’

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan defended US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban citizens from seven Muslim majority states and branded it as a “sovereign...

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February 2, 2017

Egypt’s parliamentary speaker blasted for spending $425,800 on cars

Egyptian social media is in uproar following reports that the country’s parliamentary speaker and two deputies have been using state funds to buy cars worth hundreds of thousands of...

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February 2, 2017

NATO ready to help Libya ‘if requested’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has hailed on Wednesday the efforts of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Al-Sarraj, noting that NATO is ready to...

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February 2, 2017

Israel and ‘takfirism’ are main threats to security, says top Iranian official

Israel and takfiri groups like Daesh are the main threats to international security, a top Iranian official has claimed. The comments were made by the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme...

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February 2, 2017

Senior Tunisian officials accused of corruption

The judiciary in Tunisia look set to investigate 12 senior government officials suspected of involvement in “financial corruption”, the General Prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday. A spokesman for the...

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February 2, 2017

Libya strongman's forces receiving medical treatment in Russia

Around 70 soldiers from Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces have been flown to Russia for medical treatment in what is believed to be the first signs of public...

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