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January 11, 2017

Algeria: How cancelling elections led to war

What: 1992 elections are cancelled by the military Where: Algeria When: 11 January 1992 What happened? By October 1988, Algerians’ anger was made tangible for the country’s ruling National...
January 11, 2017

Japanese scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has announced that it will be providing scholarships for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon to study at Japanese universities, the Egyptian Al-Mujtamaa magazine...

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January 11, 2017

Kerry ignores Israel fury to attend Paris conference

US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a Middle East peace conference on Sunday next week along with seventy other countries, in spite of Israeli objections. The announcement...

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January 11, 2017

The Middle East without America

Throughout his eight-year tenure, President Barack Obama has repeatedly depicted his policy toward the Middle East as one of disengagement. But that has been a mischaracterization. In fact Obama...

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January 11, 2017

‘Death to Russia!’ shout mourners at Rafsanjani’s funeral

Iranians, who took part in the funeral procession of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Tehran yesterday, chanted “Death to Russia” and accused its embassy of being an...

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January 11, 2017

Australian hostage held in Yemen appears in video

An Australian man who was confirmed to have been abducted by unknown assailants in October has appeared in a video asking his government to meet the demands of his unidentified...

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January 11, 2017

Egypt and South Sudan accused of ‘dirty deal’ in latest meeting

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir met with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss strengthening ties between the two African nations. Kiir thanked Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for...

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January 11, 2017

Anti-Semitism and its useful idiots

All over the world, people who challenge Zionism are being accused of anti-Semitism. You might imagine that the one group of dissidents who are safe from this kind of...

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January 11, 2017

Survey: 2 million women widowed or divorced in Iraq

Near continuous violence, absence of government assistance and a social fabric that is spiralling out of control has made Iraq’s women face some of the highest divorce rates in...

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January 11, 2017

Assad has four more years

In the context of the negotiations for a political solution to end the war in Syria, the Russians and Iranians insist on Bashar Al-Assad remaining as president, although they...

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