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October 22, 2016

Tourism in Egypt ‘devastated’

The Egyptian tourism industry has been “devastated” due to a number of interconnected factors, the Guardian wrote yesterday, noting that a potential resumption of British flights to Luxor might...

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October 22, 2016

Iraqi PM sends reinforcements to embattled Kirkuk

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi ordered reinforcements to be sent to Kirkuk province earlier this morning, after Daesh militants he described as “terrorist remnants” launched a surprise attack there...

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October 22, 2016

UAE does not believe in a Syrian military intervention

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said yesterday that it has adopted a non-interventionist stance regarding the Syrian crisis which is different from other Arab and even Western countries, the...

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October 22, 2016

Mauritanian president says has no plans to scrap term limits

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has said he will not seek a third term in office, amid opposition allegations that he planned to change the constitution to extend...

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October 22, 2016

Australian kidnapped in Yemen identified

The Australian man that was abducted in Yemen has been identified as 56-year-old Craig Bruce McAllister. Days after the Australian foreign minister announced that an Australian citizen who was...

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October 22, 2016

Russian ‘concern’ over refusal of fighters to leave Aleppo

Russia has expressed its “concern” over refusals from fighters from a former Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Fateh Al-Sham Front, to leave Aleppo as the ceasefire stands. Formerly known as Al-Nusra...

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October 22, 2016

Tunisians strike to protest budget

Tunisia’s influential General Labour Union (UGTT) has threatened it will hold a general strike today and called for mass protests against the government’s plans to freeze public wage increases...

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October 22, 2016

Morocco asks 11 ministers to resign

Eleven Moroccan ministers have been asked to resign after they were deemed to be incompatible with the workings of the new government, the country’s <em>Yabiladi</em> news site reported yesterday....

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October 21, 2016

Algeria intercepts terror cell

Eleven men were arrested by the National Gendarmerie for their affiliation to a terrorist group, the Ministry of National Defence said in a statement Wednesday. “As part of the...

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October 21, 2016

Militias loot Taiz hospitals as diseases spread

Doctors in Yemen’s besieged city of Taiz have warned that the humanitarian situation is deteriorating as militias are targeting hospitals while various epidemics are spreading across the province. Hospitals...

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