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August 7, 2017

Suicide rates up 100% in Middle East

Suicides, violent deaths and sexual assaults are on the increase in the Middle East and are leading to a “lost generation”, a new study has warned. According to the...

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August 7, 2017

Daesh making $100m a year selling looted historic artefacts

Daesh is profiting up to $100 million a year from the sale of looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria and selling them on the black market, the Wall Street...

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August 7, 2017

Administrative detention of Palestinian minor renewed

An Israeli military court today renewed the administrative detention of 16-year-old Nour Kayid Issa, reportedly the youngest Palestinian currently imprisoned by Israel using the controversial policy. The Ofer court...

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August 7, 2017

Libya thwarts attempt to smuggle 580 silver Roman pieces

A security force of the Libyan Government of National Accord today seized 580 antique silver pieces, dating back to the Roman era, at Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli. In a statement,...

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August 7, 2017

Israel’s plans to close Al Jazeera nothing more than ‘ink on paper’

Al Jazeera continues to operate in Israel despite reports that Israel has closed the station down, Haaretz has reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had praised Minister of Communications...

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August 7, 2017

Iraq: Local elections to be held in April

Iraq’s Parliament today voted in favour of holding local elections in conjunction with parliamentary polls slated for April next year. “A majority of MPs voted today to conduct local...

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August 7, 2017

‘The Palestine Exception’: War on BDS is now a war on American democracy

There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war...

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August 7, 2017

King of Jordan heads to UK after brief visit to Ramallah

Jordan’s King Abdullah II today headed to the UK after a brief visit to Ramallah in the occupied West bank. The Jordanian King’s visit comes as the official Petra...

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August 7, 2017

Assad regime bombs Damascus, violates ceasefire

The Syrian army stepped up shelling and air strikes on the last opposition-held enclaves in the Syrian capital today, its heaviest bombardment in a two-month campaign, witnesses said. From...

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August 7, 2017

Iran arrests 27 suspected Daesh members

The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security announced today that it had arrested 27 people suspected of belonging to Daesh. According to IRNA, the ministry said in a...

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