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March 11, 2016

Djibouti: The latest chess piece in the Riyadh-Tehran game

In what seems to be the most serious attempt to negotiate between the two sides since Saudi Arabia’s military coalition began bombing Yemen last March, representatives of the Shia...

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March 11, 2016

Guantanamo Bay and an empire state of mind

One of President Obama’s first acts after taking the oath of office for the first time in 2008 was to sign an executive order that was intended to close...

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March 11, 2016

Executions in Iran hit 20-year high, UN report says

Iran executed nearly 1,000 people last year, according to a UN report released Thursday, the highest level in two decades. The executions took place as Tehran was negotiating with...

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March 11, 2016

PA: Right to resist occupation guaranteed under international law

The Palestinian Ministry of Information said on Thursday that Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation is a “legitimate right” guaranteed under international law, stressing that Palestinians will continue with...

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March 11, 2016

Abbas calls on Israel to halt settlement construction to resume talks

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called on the Israeli government to immediately freeze settlement construction as a prelude to the resumption of peace process. “Our hands are stretched...

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March 11, 2016

EU Parliament passes resolution to suspend military cooperation with Egypt

The European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution on Thursday recommending the suspension of military aid and assistance to Egypt in light of the “abduction, savage torture and killing” of...

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March 10, 2016

France affirms its support for colonial endeavours in Palestine

Perhaps the most lauded clause pertaining to France’s proposal of launching an international conference with the aim of reviving diplomatic negotiations between Palestine and Israel was the purported automatic...

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March 10, 2016

UNICEF: 310,000 Syrian children are enrolled in Turkish schools

Of the 1,400,000 Syrian children living in Turkey, 310,000 are enrolled in Turkish schools, UNICEF announced yesterday. Sealed borders: The EU taking U-turns on humanity:Click to read the EU’s...

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March 10, 2016

Turkey will not take refugees already in Greece

Turkey will not re-admit refugees who have already reached Greece under a deal agreed with the EU earlier this week, EU Minister Volkan Bozkir said Thursday. “Turkey’s readmission proposal...

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March 10, 2016

Saleh’s party welcomes ‘any efforts’ aimed at ending Yemen war

The General People’s Congress (GPC), led by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, welcomed on Wednesday any efforts aimed at ending the ongoing war in Yemen, Anadolu reported. This...

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