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October 5, 2017

US consulate employee arrested as part of Gulen crackdown

The Turkish government has arrested an employee of the US consulate in Istanbul yesterday on terror charges and attempting to overthrow the president and the administration. Metin Topuz, a...

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October 5, 2017

MEMO marks 100 years since the Balfour Declaration

Middle East Monitor is to mark 100 years since the signing of the Balfour Declaration on Saturday in a day-long conference with notable academics, journalists and political activists. The...

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October 5, 2017

European initiatives for Islamic reform; why, and to what end?

European institutions and official bodies continue to launch and support a number of intellectual, research and religious initiatives in the Middle East under the pretence of reforming Islamic thought...

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October 5, 2017

Saudi Arabia invests $1bn in Russia

Saudi Arabia is currently investing over $1 billion in over 20 Russian projects including the construction of a petrochemical complex and Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg, Russian Energy Minister...

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October 5, 2017

Turkey, Iran join to condemn Kurdish referendum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, issued a joint statement today after the conclusion of their meeting in Tehran in which the two leaders...

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October 5, 2017

Egypt: ‘Obstacles’ threaten agreement over Ethiopia dam

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that there are obstacles threatening the tripartite “Declaration of Principles” signed in March 2015 by Cairo, Sudan and Ethiopia over a dam being...

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October 5, 2017

12 civilians killed in Saudi-led bombing in Yemen

Twelve civilians have been killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Yemen, Sputnik Arabic reported yesterday. The Saudi-led coalition aircraft targeted a family home in the Baqem directorate, killing...

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October 5, 2017

Sanders: US complicit in Israel’s occupation

US Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has said that “the US is complicit” in Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, but also added that Israel is not...

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October 5, 2017

Israel arrested 33 Palestinian children in September

Israeli occupation forces arrested 253 Palestinians in September, including 33 children and four women, Quds Net reported on Wednesday. Most of those detained underwent harsh interrogations and were not...

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October 5, 2017

Sweden jails Syrian soldier for ‘war crimes’

A Syrian soldier has been convicted of a war crime and jailed for eight months in Sweden, New York Times reported yesterday. In a landmark ruling, a Swedish court...

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