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  • March 14, 2016

    Palestinian woman wins global teaching award

    A Palestinian teacher’s efforts to promote non-violence won her international recognition Sunday when she was awarded a prestigious global teaching award. Hanan al-Hroub, 43, won $1 million as part...

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  • March 14, 2016

    Do US elections matter to Arabs?

    Every four years the occasion of the US presidential elections turns into a media event around the world. Passionate reporters in the west as well as many other parts...

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  • March 13, 2016

    Sailing into a marriage in Gaza

    With the start of spring and in anticipation of the summer season, wedding preparations are in full swing in Gaza. Eid Abu Hassira, a 24-year-old groom, is a Palestinian...

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  • March 13, 2016

    Iraq: Injury toll in Daesh toxic gas attack rises to 670

    The injury toll in a Daesh suspected toxic attack south of Kirkuk has risen to 670, Iraqi Turkmen Front said in a statement Saturday. A child also died in...

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  • March 12, 2016

    A regime escaping from itself

    Amid a crushing economic crisis, the likes of which has not been seen in Egypt before, the currency value has declined to an unprecedented low. The Egyptian Pound is...

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  • March 12, 2016

    Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian child in Gaza

    A Palestinian boy was killed in the Gaza Strip early Saturday – and two others injured – by an Israeli airstrike, Gaza’s Health Ministry told Anadolu Agency. Suliman Abu-Khousa,...

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  • March 12, 2016

    The week in pictures

    Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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  • March 12, 2016

    US court orders Iran to pay $10.7bn for ‘involvement’ in 9/11 attacks

    An American court has ordered Iran to pay a fine of $10.7 billion for its alleged “involvement” in the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington, Anadolu reported on...

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  • March 12, 2016

    Thousands of Iraqis flee fighting around Al-Ramadi

    Iraq’s ministry of displacement and migration said on Friday that thousands of Iraqi citizens have fled from the fighting between the army and Daesh militants around Al-Ramadi, the capital...

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  • March 12, 2016

    Egypt rejects EU criticism of human rights

    The Egyptian foreign ministry rejected EU criticism of human rights in the country on Friday, calling it “baseless”. The criticism is not based on “true evidence,” insisted Cairo. Also...

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