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October 11, 2017

Yemen: Islah party members arrested in UAE-backed raid

Six Islah party members in Yemen have been arrested by security forces in Yemen in a raid backed by the UAE, Mugtama has reported. The Al-Islah party was founded...

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October 11, 2017

Rights groups in Morocco demand end to death penalty

The Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty organised a sit-in this week outside the parliament building in Rabat and renewed calls to abolish the death penalty. In a statement...

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October 11, 2017

917 Egyptians sentenced to death since 2013 coup

The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced eight people to death yesterday and 50 others to life in prison for their role in a case known as the storming of Helwan...

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October 11, 2017

43 killed in Libyan clashes

As many as 43 people have been killed, with 340 others injured, during clashes in the city of Sabratha, Libya’s health ministry said on Monday. According to the head...

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October 11, 2017

Yemeni minister accuses Houthis of holding aid trucks

Yemen’s Minister of Local Administration, Abdul Raqib Fateh, accused the Houthi rebels on Tuesday of holding ten truckloads of humanitarian aid destined for the south-western province of Taiz. According...

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October 11, 2017

US led coalition strikes Syrian regime convoy

US-led coalition forces in Syria have shelled a convoy of regime forces and allied foreign militias in the south of the country, Anadolu has reported. Sources in the Syrian...

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October 11, 2017

The health of Qaradawi’s daughter deteriorates behind bars in Egypt

The family of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, has revealed that the health of his daughter imprisoned in Egypt has “deteriorated seriously”,...

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October 11, 2017

1 in 6 households in Morocco run by women

Nearly one in six households in Morocco is headed by a woman, said the High Commission for Planning (HCP) in celebration of National Women’s Day yesterday. According to data...

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October 11, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s outreach to Moscow underlines the loss of US influence

In a year of surprises in the Middle East, the visit to Moscow by the Saudi Arabian King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud is arguably the biggest surprise of all....

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October 11, 2017

6 journalists arrested and freed on same day by Libyan army

Six journalists were released yesterday evening by the Libyan National Army (LNA) after they were arrested earlier in the day. The journalists had come mainly from Tripoli and had...

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