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May 12, 2017

Somalia seeks weapons to fight Al-Shabaab

The Somali president urged the international community to lift an arms embargo as government forces are ill equipped to battle Al-Shabaab, Al Jazeera reported. In a conference on Somalia...

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May 12, 2017

Sudan’s newly-appointed ministers to be sworn in tonight

Newly appointed ministers of Sudan’s National Consensus Government are expected to be sworn into office at the presidential palace today following yesterday’s press briefing announcing the names of ministers...

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May 12, 2017

Germany hears testimonies of Syrians tortured in Assad’s prisons

The German Federal Prosecutor began yesterday listening to the testimonies of nine Syrians who were tortured in Assad regime prisons. The hearings are part of a criminal complaint they...

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May 12, 2017

For the US, sending special forces isn’t intervention

American special forces are burning out. In testimony to the House Armed Services Committee last week, their commander, General Raymond “Ray” Thomas called the pace of deployments simply “unsustainable”....

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May 12, 2017

Will the UAE take military action against Hadi?

With the announcement by sacked governor of Aden, Aydarus Al-Zubaydi, that he has created a transitional political council in the city and the south despite the presence of the presidency and...

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May 12, 2017

Turkey to extradite top Daesh recruiter to Australia

Turkey has agreed to a request from the Australian government to extradite a citizen it believes to be a top recruiter for the Daesh militant group, Prime Minister Malcolm...

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May 12, 2017

Video campaign, ‘Feed the killers’ pizza and support hunger strikers

A new 44-second video has come to light apparently in response to the Pizza Hut advert used in Israel which mocked Palestinian hunger striking prisoners. The new “advert” shows...

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May 12, 2017

Morocco: Stranded Syrians can enter country through official channels

Morocco will accept the 55 Syrian refugees who are stranded on its border with Algeria if they came to the country through official diplomatic channels, a senior minister said....

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May 12, 2017

Amnesty renews demand for release of UAE activist Mansour

Amnesty International has renewed its demand for the release of the UAE activist Ahmed Mansour who has been detained since 20 March. The human rights organisation said as many...

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May 12, 2017

Malaysia extradites 3 over Turkey coup plot

Malaysia has deported three Turks to Ankara over their suspected involvement in a group linked to a US-based cleric blamed by the Turkish government for an attempted coup last...

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