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August 7, 2017

UAE-backed forces in Yemen release Turkish charity convoy and Deputy Governor

An armed group in Yemen backed by the UAE has released the Deputy Governor of Tai’iz and a Turkish charity convoy, Al Masdar has reported. Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Sanawi and...

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August 7, 2017

How has Qatar fended amidst a sociopolitical and economic blockade by its neighbours?

On 5 June 2017 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain imposed land, air, sea blockade on the State of Qatar and started a coalition against it....

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August 7, 2017

Ex-Brotherhood chief in critical condition: Daughter

Former leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, is in a bad health condition, his daughter said Sunday. “My father’s health is deteriorating day by day,”...

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August 7, 2017

As presidential elections loom Sisi moves to control judiciary

A few months before the presidential elections Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi is tightening his grip over the judiciary by carrying out an extreme wave of transfers and promotions,...

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August 7, 2017

Saudi paper deletes story denoting Hamas as terrorists

After severe criticism on social media the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Riyadh deleted a story from its website in which it described the Palestinian Islamic Movement Hamas as a “terrorist”...

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August 7, 2017

Kushner’s comments about peace present the Palestinians with a way out of the current shambles

Media leaks from within the White House are nothing new; all US administrations have had to deal with them. In the case of the Trump presidency, however, the shadowy...

Commentary & Analysis
August 7, 2017

As Kenya goes to the polls, ‘Arab Spring’ states in Africa can learn about democracy

Kenya goes to the polls on 8 August in hotly contested elections that could confirm the country as a consolidating democracy or see it lapse into political disorder. Kenya’s...

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August 7, 2017

Israeli ministers support Netanyahu over corruption probes

Right wing Israeli ministers voiced their support on Sunday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after threats from Coalition Chairman David Bitan MK regarding corruption probes, local media reported. According...

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August 7, 2017

Jordan insists on legal action against Israeli embassy killer guard

Jordan insists on prosecuting the Israeli embassy guard who killed two Jordanians in Amman recently, Quds Press reported on Sunday. An Israeli source said that the Hashemite Kingdom is...

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August 7, 2017

Morsi challenges validity of his trial in Cairo

Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi, the first to be democratically-elected, reiterated on Sunday that his trial in the ordinary courts has no legal validity, because he is still president...

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