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May 18, 2017

Indian worker dies after leaving Qatar World Cup venue

An Indian man working on a Qatar World Cup stadium died of a heart attack this month in an incident the tournament’s organisers today said was not due to...

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May 18, 2017

Israel moves hunger strikers to prisons with field hospitals

All hunger striking Palestinian prisoners have been moved from their cells to three prisons which have field hospitals on site, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs...

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May 18, 2017

Settler’s ‘sweet’ celebration following death of Palestinian man

An Israeli settler celebrated the killing of a Palestinian by another settler today by handing out chocolates to passing Israeli vehicles. Twenty-three-year-old Palestinian Moutaz Hussein Hilal Bani Shamsa was...

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May 18, 2017

US-led coalition strikes pro-Assad forces near Jordan, Iraq

The US-led coalition said it struck pro-Syrian government forces that were “advancing well inside an established de-confliction zone” in southern Syria today. The coalition said the forces “posed a...

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May 18, 2017

Russia to develop its naval base in Syria’s Tartus

Russia intends to modernise its naval base in the Syrian city of Tartus, Chairman of the State of Duma’s Defence Committee, Vladimir Shamanov, announced today. Speaking in an interview...

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May 18, 2017

UN: 200,000 could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies

The United Nations today warned that up to 200,000 more people might flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the last districts held by Daesh. Iraqi authorities and aid...

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May 18, 2017

Yemen War: US-Saudi battlefield alliance quandary

The United States’ support for the Saudi-led coalition has introduced a dangerous new dynamic into an already volatile and complex conflict in Yemen. In addition to the US’ controversial...

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May 18, 2017

The failure of local Palestinian elections

Local Palestinian elections were held on 13 May 2017 to elect municipal and village council members. These elections were held quietly, which is rare, and an atmosphere of reassurance...

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May 18, 2017

The Riyadh Summit and people’s hopes for it

The region’s people are looking forward to the Riyadh Summit 2017 and are hopeful that it will find solutions for the region’s problems. This is after these nations are...

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May 18, 2017

#PayPal4Palestine

A massive campaign has been making the rounds on social media calling on the global online payments system PayPal to offer its services to Palestinians in the Occupied West...

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