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March 11, 2017

Saudi airstrike kills 22 civilians in Yemen

At least 22 civilians were killed yesterday and dozens wounded when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a market in western Yemen causing a fire to break out, a local...

News
March 11, 2017

Futile options and PA complicity in Israeli colonialism

Two recent reports in the Times of Israel can be read as confirmation that US President Donald Trump’s policy towards Palestine may be perceived as more belligerent than that...

Blog
March 11, 2017

UN invokes human rights on Israel’s bill banning Muslim call to prayer

UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson has stressed protection of freedom of religion after a preliminary move by Israeli MPs to limit the Muslim call to prayer – athan – through loudspeakers. “Of...

News
March 10, 2017

Tehran welcomes Chinese offer to mediate with Riyadh

Iran’s embassy in Beijing on Friday announced Tehran’s readiness to hold talks with Saudi Arabia based on a Chinese offer to mediate between the two regional rivals, according to...

News
March 10, 2017

Turkey seeks military cooperation with Russia in Syria

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts to create a border “safe zone”...

News
March 10, 2017

Shell still cautious on Iranian oil, despite sanctions relief

Royal Dutch Shell has bought only three cargoes of Iranian oil since sanctions were eased a year ago, a small fraction of what it used to buy and an...

News
March 10, 2017

Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House

US President Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, an Abbas spokesman said, after the two leaders spoke by phone for the first...

News
March 10, 2017

New Lebanese army chief warns against ‘Israeli schemes’

Joseph Aoun, Lebanon’s newly-appointed military chief, said Friday that the Lebanese army must remain on guard against “Israeli ambitions and schemes” in the region. Addressing army officers in Beirut,...

News
March 10, 2017

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March 10, 2017

The sands of time: Highlighting Palestine’s history

It took Osama Sbeata and his team two days to complete a sand sculpture which marked every major development in Palestinian history. Along the beach, and 75 metres long and...

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