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September 29, 2017

Iran, Turkey to help Iraq take control of Kurdish region’s border

Iraq plans to take control of the borders of its Kurdistan region “in coordination” with Iran and Turkey, the Iraqi Defence Ministry said today. Its statement seemed to indicate...

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September 29, 2017

The real reasons why Saudi women can now drive

The news broke suddenly this week that Saudi Arabia had ended its infamous ban on women driving. Women across the Kingdom celebrated as King Salman Bin Abdulaziz called for...

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September 29, 2017

Turkey suspends flights to Kurdish region of Iraq

Turkey has indefinitely suspended all flights to northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in the wake of the independence referendum held earlier this week in the region. The decision...

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September 29, 2017

Israel arrests 20 Palestinian children, injures 10 others

Some 48 Palestinians, including ten children and six women, were injured across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) after being attacked by Israeli forces over the last two week, according...

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September 29, 2017

Ashrawi: ‘Netanyahu more committed to settlement expansion than to peace’

Hanan Ashrawi, executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), yesterday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for being “more committed to settlement expansion then to peace.” In...

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September 29, 2017

Iraq suspends international flights from Erbil

Erbil International Airport in the Kurdish region of Iraq announced the suspension of all international flights from today. Airport Director, Tallar Fayek, told AFP that “all international flights, without...

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September 29, 2017

Morocco expands Africa policy, opens Africa-Atlantis business school

Morocco has been building an ambitious Africa policy and is in the process of becoming a key player in economic partnerships with sub-Saharan countries. Morocco has become the main...

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September 29, 2017

Yemen’s Houthis threaten Israel’s bases

The Houthi armed group has threatened Israeli bases in Eritrea if it considers joining the Yemen civil war, Al Masirah reported. Colonel Aziz Rashid, military spokesman for the Houthi...

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September 29, 2017

Israeli embassy accused of pressuring UK university to censor free speech

A UK university has been accused by students of bowing to Israeli pressure and censoring free speech following revelations of a meeting between university officials and the Israeli ambassador...

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September 29, 2017

Assassination: A tool to suppress dissent in Syria

The brutal killing of the prominent Syrian dissidents Dr. Orouba Barakat and her daughter Halla Barakat in their home in Istanbul last week is widely acknowledged to be the...

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