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May 15, 2017

‘Iran working to open a corridor from northern Iraq into Syria’

A Kurdish leader has warned Iran-backed militia from nearing Yezidi areas in Sinjar and accused the Shia group of breaching an agreement which rejects the Shia presence in the...

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May 15, 2017

Sunni group rejects transitional council in Yemen’s Aden

Yemen’s Scholars Association, an organisation of Sunni scholars formed in 2012, has said it rejects the formation of the Southern Transitional Council in the province of Aden. Last week,...

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May 15, 2017

Survey: Moroccans expect costs to increase

Moroccans expect food prices to continue to increase in the coming period, an official survey revealed yesterday. The High Commission for Planning said in a statement yesterday that 97.1...

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May 15, 2017

Trapped Syrian refugees risk death in the African desert

The suffering of 55 Syrians who have been stranded on the border between Algeria and Morocco for about a month is continuing as the summer heat begins to hit...

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May 15, 2017

Saudi retirement foundation loses reserves and blames rise in staff salaries

Saudi Arabia’s General Retirement Foundation (GRF) has said that its reserves held to pay the pensions of former civilian and military officials have been depleted. The foundation attributes this...

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May 15, 2017

Health of 90% of hunger strikers seriously deteriorating

Ninety per cent of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel’s Nafha prison have seen their health deteriorate significantly, the strikers media committee revealed in a statement. The...

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May 15, 2017

Israeli soldiers provoked Jordanian man before killing him

The family of a 57-year-old Jordanian man who was killed by Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Saturday said the soldiers had repeatedly provoked him before shooting him. In an...

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May 15, 2017

Rouhani’s deputy promises to defend the rights of Iran’s Sunnis

The first vice president of Iran has promised his country’s Sunni Muslims that he will defend their rights if he is elected. Presidential candidate Eshaq Jahangiri made his promise...

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May 15, 2017

Sudan’s gold accounts for 37% of total exports

Sudan’s gold trade now accounts for 37 per cent of the country’s total exports, with revenues amounting to $1.2 billion, the new mineral minister confirmed on Sunday. “The minerals...

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May 15, 2017

Iranian-backed militia warned to keep away from Yezidi areas

A Kurdish leader has warned an Iranian-backed militia to keep away from Yezidi areas in Sinjar. Masoud Barzani accused the group of breaching an agreement which rejects any Shia...

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