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January 30, 2017

Sudan sentences Czech worker to 20 years for ‘spying’

A Sudanese court in Khartoum has sentenced a Czech missionary to over 20 years in jail on the basis of three charges including “spying” and inciting hatred, according to...

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January 30, 2017

Turkmen leader demands equal rights to Arabs, Kurds in Syria

The head of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly Emin Bozoglan spoke on Friday with the Iraqi Turkmeneli TV about his assessment of the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital...

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January 30, 2017

Armed opposition faction withdraws from Syria ceasefire

An armed group fighting under the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) banner in northwest Syria has withdrawn from a shaky nationwide ceasefire, blaming the Bashar Al-Assad regime and its allies...

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January 30, 2017

Turkey reopens embassy in Libya

Turkey reopened its embassy in Libya on Monday, two-and-a-half years after closing it due to the security situation, the Turkish foreign ministry said, as diplomatic missions begin to reopen...

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January 30, 2017

British activists attempt to disarm fighter jets bound for Saudi Arabia

Two British activists have been arrested while apparently trying to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia. Daniel Woodhouse, a Methodist minister from Leeds, and Quaker Sam Walton were released...

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January 30, 2017

700,000 expat workers lost their jobs in the GCC in 2016

A report prepared by the Hayes Group International and published by TradeArabia said that four per cent of expatriate workers lost their jobs in various Arabian Gulf countries last...

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January 30, 2017

Gaza poverty blamed for fall in marriages and increase in divorce rate

The Palestinian High Judiciary Council in Gaza said on Sunday that the marriage rate decreased by 8 per cent in 2016, while divorces increased by 2 per cent over...

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January 30, 2017

Germany cites torture, rape & executions in Libya migrant camps

Migrants face executions, torture and other systematic rights abuses in camps in Libya, according to a report prepared for the German government by the German embassy in Niger, the...

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January 30, 2017

Certain Fatah leaders ‘do not want to end Palestinian political split’

A Fatah MP in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that certain leaders within the movement are insisting that there should be no end to the Palestinian political split...

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January 30, 2017

Fate of Palestinian refugees in Syria still unclear

The fate of 1,147 Palestinian refugees in Syria is still unclear, Quds Press reported on Sunday. The Task Group of the Palestinians in Syria noted that those who remain...

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