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January 23, 2017

Egypt’s military given green light to own pharmaceutical company

Egypt’s military has been granted the right to open a licensed pharmaceutical company in a decree published by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Sunday. “The National Agency for Military...

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January 23, 2017

‘I will declare independent Kurdistan if Al-Maliki returns to power,’ warns Barzani

The president of Iraqi Kurdistan has warned that he will announce an independent state if Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq’s former prime minister and the current vice president of the republic,...

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January 23, 2017

Security firms prosper in Gaza, creating hundreds of jobs

The firm, which is licensed by the official authority in Gaza, has focused on recruiting young people. ...

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January 23, 2017

‘Hunger led me to join terrorist group,’ claims Daesh fighter

A member of Daesh has told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that he was forced to join the group to stave off hunger. He is now in custody. In...

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January 23, 2017

Egypt allows Italian investigators to retrieve footage of murdered student

Egypt has confirmed that it will allow Italian investigators to retrieve video footage showing the last captured moments of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni. The 28 year-old Cambridge University...

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January 23, 2017

Moroccan activists call for action against relocation of US embassy to Jerusalem

Pro-Palestine Moroccan activists have called for Arab and Islamic states to take action against the plans of US President Donald Trump to move his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv...

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January 23, 2017

Calls for anniversary of January revolution to be marked with civil disobedience

The Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC) called on Sunday for people to mark the sixth anniversary of the 25 January Revolution with civil disobedience in an attempt to put pressure...

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January 23, 2017

The curtain has yet to fall on the two islands’ issue

Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that the islands of Sanafir and Tiran in the Red Sea are Egyptian, but refused to challenge a lower court which ruled earlier...

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January 23, 2017

‘No one takes more care of settlements than me,’ boasts Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted on Sunday that, “There is no one who takes more care of the settlement enterprise than me and the Likud government.” He said...

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January 23, 2017

Syrian regime uses napalm and barrel bombs on town near Damascus

The Syrian regime has attacked the town of Ain Al-Fijeh in Wadi Barada near Damascus with napalm. Local sources said that a helicopter belonging to the Syrian Air Force...

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