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May 9, 2017

Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners struggling to stand

The health of the 1,600 hunger striking Palestinian prisoners is in danger as they are now on the 23rd day of their strike, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs...

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May 9, 2017

Qatar: Syria ‘safe zones’ not an alternative to political transition

Qatar’s foreign minister today welcomed a Russian-brokered agreement for “de-escalation” zones in Syria but said the plan was no substitute for a political transition that would see President Bashar...

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May 9, 2017

Syrian planes strike targets near Jordan

Syrian government warplanes struck opposition outposts near the Jordanian border early today, opposition groups said. The airstrikes, at around 03:00 (00:00 GMT) were the first near that part of...

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May 9, 2017

Trump sued for details of 8-year-old Yemeni girl’s murder

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the US administration in an effort to release documents about a 29 January raid in Yemen that killed a Navy Seal...

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May 9, 2017

Settlers spray anti-Arab graffiti around Jerusalem

Jewish settlers vandalised 28 vehicles with anti-Arab graffiti and terms that insulted Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) in occupied East Jerusalem this morning, reports have shown. Twenty cars...

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May 9, 2017

Israeli minister: We should not have apologised to Turkey

A former Israeli Minster said that it was a mistake to have apologised and paid compensation to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara incident, when nine aid workers were killed...

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May 9, 2017

Israel fines Palestinian minors $10,000 in April

Israeli authorities imposed an estimated 36,000 shekels ($10,000) worth of fines upon Palestinian minors imprisoned in the Ofer prison, located in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah,...

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May 9, 2017

Egypt kills 8 Brotherhood members

Egypt’s Interior Ministry yesterday confirmed that its forces have killed eight members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood during a shootout in the country’s southern desert. According to the ministry,...

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May 9, 2017

35% voted in Algeria elections

The participation rate in last week’s legislative elections has once again been reduced by the Algerian Constitutional Council to a rate of 35.37 per cent instead of the initial...

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May 9, 2017

Palestinians held in Israeli jails are top of Hamas priorities, insists Haniyeh

The new head of the Hamas Political Bureau said on Monday that the issue of prisoners inside Israeli jails is at the top of the movement’s priorities, Anadolu has...

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