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November 2, 2017

Turkey spent $2bn on advanced missile system from Russia

Turkey has purchased Russia’s advanced S-400 air defence missile system for over $2 billion, Russia’s state-run defence company Rostec said yesterday. Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec, confirmed to...

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November 2, 2017

Will Barzani’s departure end his party’s monopoly over Kurdish polity?

President of the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) Masoud Barzani is stepping down, but a month prior to his resignation he set in motion the impossible; Kurdistan’s bid for...

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November 2, 2017

Egypt stops Palestinians shelling Israel following tunnel attack

Egypt is pushing Hamas not to retaliate following Israel’s strike against a Palestinian tunnel which killed seven Palestinians and wounded 12. Israel Hayom reported that Hamas vowed to avenge...

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November 2, 2017

Russia refuses US calls for probe into chemical weapons use in Syria

Russia’s obstruction of a UN inquiry into chemical attacks in Syria has been met with sharp rebuke from the US. The White House yesterday condemned Moscow for its “callous...

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November 2, 2017

100 years since Balfour and foreign policy remains very much the same

This month sees the centenary of the signing of the Balfour Declaration, and in those 100 years we have continued to bend our interpretation of “normal”. A lot has...

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November 2, 2017

MSF closing cholera clinics in Yemen

Doctors without Borders (MSF) is closing most of its cholera clinics in Yemen, BBC News reported this week. According to the group, only 567 new Yemeni patients requested treatment for...

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November 2, 2017

Madani: Algeria people’s frustrations same as during French rule

The leader of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria, Sheikh Abbassi Madani, stressed that Algeria is experiencing a political, economic, cultural, social and security crisis, with no way out...

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November 2, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces: We focus on battling Syrian opposition not regime

As the fight against Daesh in Syria draws closer to its end, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) seek to avoid conflict with the Syrian regime and instead confront...

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November 2, 2017

Israel minister pursues tougher anti-BDS law

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is seeking a toughening up of the country’s anti-boycott legislation, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government continues its fight against the Boycott, Divestment...

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November 2, 2017

I am not anti-Semitic, but I am anti-Zionism

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism states that, “Anti-Semitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical...

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