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  • August 8, 2017

    Morocco: Rif protester dies

    A protester who fell into a coma after being wounded in protests that have shaken northern Morocco died in hospital today, a lawyer and a judicial official said. Imad...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Yemen blood bank may be forced to shut due to lack of funds

    Yemen’s national blood bank may be forced to close due to a lack of money after an international medical charity decided to end two years of support, the director...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Saudi Arabia in Iraq… What has changed?

    The visit by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, to Saudi Arabia in the midst of the Gulf crisis resulting in a four-country siege on Qatar, and...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Iran hosts Syria talks ahead of Astana

    A joint technical meeting was held today – including Turkish, Russian and Iranian representatives – ahead of a sixth round of Syria talks to be held in the Kazakh...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Constitution will decide Jordan’s response to Israel

    Jordan will deal with calls to expel the Israeli ambassador according to the “provisions of the constitution”, the State Minister for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani said. “We...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Official: Iran drone nears US fighter jet

    An unarmed Iranian drone came within 100 feet of a US Navy warplane as it prepared to land on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf, a US official said...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Policeman killed in clash in southern Egypt

    An Egyptian policeman was killed today in a clash with suspected gunmen in the southern province of Qena, security sources said. Police had raided mountainous areas after receiving information...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Israel is squeezing press freedoms, like Arab dictators do

    The announcement of Israeli communications minister Ayoub Kara this weekend that he would revoke the press credentials of journalists working at Al Jazeera ’s office in Jerusalem and shut...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Galilee Quartet: Playing for peace, love and humanity

    Omar Saad, the viola player who made headlines in 2013 for refusing to serve in the Israeli army, his two violinist brothers, Mostafa and Gandhi, and their cellist sister...

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  • August 8, 2017

    Sudan to hold talks on disputed area with South Sudan

    Talks between Sudan and South Sudan to resolve a decade-long dispute over the border town of Abyei have been scheduled for the 17 and 18 of this month in...

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