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February 2, 2017

Morocco's return to African Union may not alter Algerian support for separatists

A political sciences professor at the University of Algiers, Dr Abdelali Razzaghi, has said that his country would not alter its support for the separatist Western Sahara’s Polisario Front...

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February 2, 2017

Marzouki rejects bill allowing security personnel vote in Tunisia elections

Tunisia’s former president, Moncef Marzouki, has criticised the Tunisian parliament’s approval of a draft bill allowing the Tunisian armed forces and police to vote in municipal elections scheduled later...

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February 2, 2017

Egyptian pharmacists syndicate determined to hold general strike

The under secretary-general of Egypt’s pharmacists’ syndicate has denied reports about a possible cancellation of the general strike planned for 12 February, stressing that these are “rumours” that government...

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February 2, 2017

‘Two-state solution is dying,’ say Euro MPs

Members of the European Parliament said on Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East is “disappointing” and the two-state solution is “dying” due to ongoing Israeli settlement building...

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February 2, 2017

UAE Special Forces took part in deadly attack on Yemen, says US official

An American official revealed on Tuesday that Special Forces from the UAE took part in the attack in Yemen last Sunday which caused dozens of casualties, CNN has reported....

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February 2, 2017

UNRWA warns of ‘high cost’ consequences of Israeli siege on Gaza

The commissioner general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday of the “high cost” consequences of the ten-year-old...

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February 2, 2017

Syria regime to deploy near Al-Bab in veiled threat to Turkey

The Syrian army signalled today that it would press on with operations against Daesh northeast of Aleppo, in a veiled warning to Turkey which backs a separate military campaign...

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February 2, 2017

HRW: Shia militias holding Mosul refugees in black sites

A major international human rights organisation has accused Iraqi government-sponsored Shia jihadists of illegally detaining and then forcibly disappearing refugees in and around Mosul at black sites, some of...

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February 2, 2017

Gaza set to build using recycled plastic

Traditionally adobe bricks and mortar are used for roofing; these are made of sand, soil and cement....

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February 2, 2017

Iran tested nuclear-capable cruise missile

Iran has tested a cruise missile called “Sumar” that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons in addition to test-firing a medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday, German newspaper Die Welt...

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