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August 29, 2016

Egypt approves bill for tougher FGM punishment

The Egyptian government passed a bill on Sunday to toughen the punishment for anyone found practising female genital mutilation (FGM). Those convicted now face up to 15 years hard...

News
August 29, 2016

Tribal gunmen besiege pro-government troops in Yemen

Gunmen from the Sabeiha tribe have been surrounding soldiers loyal to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi since Sunday afternoon. The pro-government troops are in a compound in the...

News
August 28, 2016

The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine

The ‘spring’ of the title has a double meaning. Mainly it refers to the life-giving spring in the village of Nabi Saleh on the West Bank, taken over by...

Reviews
August 28, 2016

Discover Kairouan, Tunisia

The UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan in Tunisia used to be one of the greatest centres of Islamic scholarship and Quranic learning between the ninth and eleventh centuries....

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August 28, 2016

America and Russia could end the war in Syria tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath

While the Guardian’s Simon Jenkins decries the West’s “meddling” in Syria – and suggests that “We must step back” – his humane cri de coeur touches fleetingly on the...

Article
August 28, 2016

PKK bomb kills Turkish soldier in Hakkari

A roadside bomb allegedly planted by the PKK has killed a Turkish soldier in Turkey’s south-eastern province of Hakkari on Sunday, wounding three others, a security official said. Security forces...

News
August 28, 2016

Turkish Prime Minister hails Bahraini monarch for coup solidarity

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has thanked Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa for the Gulf state’s solidarity shown during Turkey’s defeated July 15 coup plot. The Turkish premier met...

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August 28, 2016

PKK launches an RPG attack on Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport

No one was hurt after PKK militants launched a rocket-propelled grenade attack on an airport in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province, the governor’s office said in a statement. It said...

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August 28, 2016

Iraq fully liberates Daesh-held Khalidiya island: PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has announced the full liberation of al-Khalidiya Island in western Iraq from Daesh. In a televised statement late Saturday, al-Abadi said Iraqi troops had...

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August 28, 2016

Russian airstrike kills 3 in Syria’s Idlib

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a Russian airstrike Saturday in northern Syria’s Idlib province. Russian warplanes struck residential areas in Idlib’s countryside with cluster bombs,...

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