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December 20, 2017

No repayments in 2018 for Gaza residents of Qatar funded city

Palestinians living in the Qatar funded Hamad City in the besieged Gaza Strip will not have to make any repayments in 2018, the Head of the Qatari Committee for...

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December 20, 2017

UAE’s Etihad Airways to suspend flights to Tehran

Etihad Airways announced yesterday that it will suspend its flights to Tehran, Iran, starting from 24 January 2018. The Abu Dhabi-based airline said that the frequency of the flights...

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December 20, 2017

1,000 days of Saudi war on Yemen, backed by the UK

This week marks 1,000 days since the Saudi-led coalition launched a bombing campaign in Yemen. What followed was the world’s worst cholera epidemic and horrific human rights abuses on...
December 20, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s budget deficit to reach $52bn next year

Saudi Arabia is planning to boost spending to 978 billion riyals ($261 billion) next year, up from 926 billion riyals in 2017, official data by the Saudi finance ministry...

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December 20, 2017

Fatah and the test of a new intifada

Several statements by Fatah over the past few days have called for confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces in response to US president Trump’s recent decision over the recognition...

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December 20, 2017

Egypt: Officer killed, 2 injured in shell attack in Sinai Peninsula

An Egyptian military officer was killed and two others were wounded in a missile attack that was launched against a military airport in Sinai northern town of Al-Arish, the...

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December 20, 2017

Saudi luxury Ritz-Carlton anti-corruption ‘prison’ hotel will cost $53 million

Nearly 50 days after the Saudi authorities arrested a number of businessmen and princes, as part of an anti-corruption campaign, the Ritz-Carlton Riyadh Hotel is still at the disposal...

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December 19, 2017

The PA shapes facts on the ground, for Israel’s benefit

Since US President Donald Trump’s declaration regarding Jerusalem it has become clear that the Palestinian Authority (PA) remains committed to reacting to, rather than acting on, political developments which...

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December 19, 2017

Israel unveils new synagogue in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa

The Israeli authorities today unveiled a new Jewish synagogue under the Al-Buraq Wall – known to Jews as the Western Wall – in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound....

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December 19, 2017

Saleh’s departure further radicalises Yemen conflict

The killing of Yemen’s former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh earlier this month at the hands of the Houthis has dramatically raised the stakes of the Yemeni conflict. Freed from...

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