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January 25, 2017

UN appeals for $4.6 billion for Syrian refugees

The United Nations and partners called for donor countries to allocate an additional $4.6 billion towards assisting millions of Syrian refugees, most of whom are women and children, a...

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January 25, 2017

UN ‘concerned’ for civilians west of Mosul

The United Nations expressed “deep concern” on Tuesday for 750,000 civilians living to the west of Mosul in Iraq ahead of battles to retake the city from the Islamic...

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January 25, 2017

Rabbis believe Trump will fulfil Torah prophecies, says ex-minister

Israel’s former Interior Minister Uzi Baram has said that the current government’s religious right-wing is relying on the role of US President Donald Trump to help destroy the Dome...

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January 25, 2017

Iraqi diaspora silenced with violence after criticising Shia militias

Iraqis living abroad who criticise the Iraqi government or its paramilitary Shia militias in the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) face death threats, intimidation and even violence in an attempt...

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January 25, 2017

Haniyeh gets no promises from Egypt regarding border crossing

The deputy leader of the Hamas Political Bureau did not get any promises from Egypt regarding the Rafah Border Crossing being opened, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar has revealed. Furthermore, during his...

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January 25, 2017

Israel warns tourists to leave Sinai, fearing attacks

Israel has advised its citizens to leave Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and warned of imminent attacks following an increase in deadly operations by militants. A “first level” threat has been...

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January 25, 2017

Rethinking foreign aid in the Middle East

The flow of money, it seems, defies the laws of physics. Despite endless promises of a fairer distribution of wealth, money has actually been gushing upstream towards a greater...

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January 25, 2017

President’s son dismissed from Tunisia’s ruling party

Tunisia’s ruling Nidaa Tounes party has dismissed the son of President Beji Caid Essebsi for “usurping the status” of its legal representatives, the Executive Committee has announced. Hafedh Caid...

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January 25, 2017

Israeli colonisation of Jerusalem focus of new infographic series

Six Palestinian civil society organisations, CAC- Al-Quds University, JLAC, the Society of St. Yves, Al-Haq, BADIL and al-Shabaka, have collaborated with Visualising Palestine to create a series of visuals...

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January 25, 2017

President Morsi’s message to the people of Egypt

On the sixth anniversary of the 2011 January 25 Revolution, ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sent a message to the Egyptian people from prison. The words of the democratically-elected...

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