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November 21, 2017

70 Years of Broken Promises: The Untold Story of the Partition Plan

In a recent talk before Chatham House think-tank in London, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approached the issue of a Palestinian state from an intellectual perspective. Before we think...

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November 21, 2017

Egypt’s Sisi to meet Lebanon’s Hariri on Tuesday

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister on Nov. 4, on Tuesday evening, the presidency said on Monday. Sisi...

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November 20, 2017

Turkey rebuilds over 400 war-torn schools in Syria

Over the last eight months, Turkey has rebuilt over 400 damaged schools in Syria’s Aleppo region, enabling 152,000 children to continue their education. After the Operation Euphrates Shield operation, Turkey’s...

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November 20, 2017

Head of Syrian opposition’s HNC resigns -statement

The head of the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, Riad Hijab, resigned on Monday after a nearly two-year term. A statement from Hijab did not say why he was quitting...

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November 20, 2017

Algeria denies report Bouteflika intends to run for fifth term

The Algerian presidency yesterday denied reports that ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika intends to run for a fifth term in 2019. “Some websites and newspapers reported over the past two...

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November 20, 2017

Images released of Iran military chief Soleimani in Syria

Pictures have emerged of the Commander of the Quds Force affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, General Qasem Soleimani, in Abu Kamal, Syria. The images were published by...

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November 20, 2017

The independence gamble has misfired for Iraq’s Kurds

The flare up between Baghdad and the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) over the past two months has revealed that loyalty towards the capital comes first. The actions of...

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November 20, 2017

Report: Saudi arrests army officers in anti-corruption purge

Members of the army have been arrested as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s “anti-corruption” drive, the BBC reported yesterday. According to the report, a senior Saudi...

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November 20, 2017

Yemen FM: ‘Iranian regime has pushed too far through its proxy, the Houthis’

Yemen’s foreign minister told the Arab League in Cairo that “the Iran regime has pushed too far through its proxy, the Houthis, in annihilating Yemenis,” SABA reported. Iran “supplied...

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November 20, 2017

AMISOM’S withdrawal: What it means for Somalia and the region

If its current timetable isn’t revised, by December 2020, AMISOM combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from all of Somalia’s cities, towns and villages that they’ve liberated from the...

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