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August 14, 2017

UAE pushes for better ties with Sadr amid efforts to contain Iran

The United Arab Emirates signalled its desire to strengthen ties with Iraq during weekend talks with influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as part of efforts by Sunni nations...

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August 14, 2017

Is Donald Trump to Raqqa and Mosul what Assad was to Aleppo?

Do Western observers deny that the West does bad things because they are part of a conspiracy led by some government or special interest group? Or is it because...

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August 14, 2017

A question on the anniversary of Rabaa

A question has been continuously asked since the dispersal of the Rabaa and Al-Nahda squares on 14 August 2013. This question is related to the international silence that surrounded...

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August 14, 2017

Accused of corruption, Iraqi official flees to Iran

Former Governor of Iraq’s Basra Province, Majid Al-Nasrawi, who is accused of corruption, fled to Iran after handing in his resignation from the post, a local official told the...

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August 14, 2017

Israel to reward Palestinians in Hebron for ‘good behaviour’

Israeli occupation forces have called on Palestinians in occupied Hebron to “behave” in order for restrictions on residents to be reduced in the city, Ma’an has reported. Israeli occupation...

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August 14, 2017

Tunisian president calls for full gender equality

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has said that his country will continue to promote full gender equality, including with regard to the issue of inheritance. He made his comments...

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August 14, 2017

Qatar: Unemployment down to 0.1%

Qatar’s unemployment rate fell to 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of this year, compared to 0.2 per cent in the same period last year, official data has...

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August 14, 2017

Israel to send gas to Egypt via Jordan

Companies developing Israel’s natural gas reservoir are discussing a new route to export gas to Egypt through Jordan, Blomberg reported on Friday. “Israel’s Delek Group Ltd. and Houston-based Noble...

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August 14, 2017

Iraq’s Shia political establishment is in turmoil

For the past three years virtually all news related to Iraq has been dominated by Daesh and the struggle to defeat it. Political developments in Baghdad have gone largely...

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August 14, 2017

Yemen executes man who raped and killed 5-year-old girl

*** WARNING images below contain graphic content *** The death sentence was carried out in Yemen today against a man who was found guilty of abducting, raping and killing...

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