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March 18, 2017

Palestinian village of Khirbet – entrance closed for over 17 years

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March 17, 2017

Lebanon protests over tax hikes

Anger flamed across Lebanon as lawmakers approved five new taxes on Wednesday, including increasing the VAT from 10 per cent to 11 per cent. The tax increases come in the...

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March 17, 2017

Daughter of late Iranian president jailed for ‘spreading lies’

Iran has sentenced the daughter of late Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to jail for “anti-state propaganda, spreading lies against the judiciary and the Revolutionary Guards Corps”, the opposition...

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March 17, 2017

UN ESCWA chief resigns over report on ‘apartheid’ Israel

The head of the United Nation’s West Asia commission resigned today after what she described as pressure from the secretary-general to withdraw a report accusing Israel of imposing an...
March 17, 2017

7 lawyers sentenced in Egypt for insulting judge

The Bar Association of lawyers in Egypt has gone on strike after seven lawyers were jailed for five years for insulting a judge and the judiciary. 120 Cases have...

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March 17, 2017

Moroccan TV show mocks people with mental illness

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March 17, 2017

Will Smith: ‘Morocco is the truth!’

“Morocco is the TRUTH!” Hollywood actor Will Smith wrote on Facebook after his recent trip to the North African country earlier this month. In a post published on Wednesday,...

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March 17, 2017

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March 17, 2017

Leftist Kurdish militants have ‘no problem’ with Syria regime

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militant organisation said that, provided they managed to secure the rights of the Kurdish people, then they would have “no problem” with...

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March 17, 2017

Migrants left stranded between Algeria-Morocco border

Around 30 migrants have been “blocked in the no man’s land” between Morocco and Algeria after being driven back by the authorities of the two countries this week. Some...

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