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March 3, 2017

‘Less damage to historical Palmyra than feared’

Less damage has been caused to the World Heritage site of Palymra by Daesh than earlier believed, Syria’s antiquities chief said today. Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters that video footage...

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March 3, 2017

UN: More than 100m at risk of starvation globally

The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid is not paired with more support for farmers, a senior United...

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March 3, 2017

Israel postpones prison sentence of soldier who shot wounded Palestinian

An Israeli military court yesterday granted the request of Israeli soldier Elor Azarya – who was convicted last month of manslaughter for the filmed, execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Abdul-Fattah...

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March 3, 2017

Syrian opposition accepts UN principles at end of peace talks

The Syrian opposition has provisionally accepted 12 principles given to delegates by the United Nations at the end of an eight-day round of peace talks, chief negotiator Nasr Al-Hariri...

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March 3, 2017

Israel extends charity worker’s detention

An Israeli court yesterday extended the detention of a Palestinian employee of Turkish aid agency TIKA, who was arrested last month as he was attempting to cross the Erez...

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March 3, 2017

Will Sudan’s new PM bring in change or maintain political tensions?

The swearing in of General Bakri Hassan Saleh to the office of prime minister, the first in almost 28 years, marks a new chapter in Sudanese politics and a...

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March 3, 2017

Egypt’s Christians have been forgotten by the church and the government

In early December relatives of 29 Christians killed in a church bombing carried the coffins of the deceased through the streets of Nasr City, a district in Cairo, to...

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March 3, 2017

Banksy’s hotel is ‘Walled Off’ in Bethlehem

Internationally renowned British street artist Banksy has unveiled the Walled Off Hotel in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem to mark 100 years since the Balfour Declaration. Drawing...

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March 3, 2017

Israeli show host’s scathing criticism of Israeli apartheid

An Israeli comedy show host’s scathing criticism of Israeli society has gone viral on social media. In the last episode of “Good Night with Asaf Harel”, aired by Israel’s...

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March 3, 2017

Saudi suspends university dean for accusing student of Brotherhood affiliation

The dean of a Saudi university has been suspended until investigations are complete following claims that he accused students of being affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The defendant, whose...

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