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March 2, 2016

UN official: Libyan children live in ‘catastrophic conditions’

UNICEF Special Representative in Libya Ghassan Khalil has said that Libyan children are living under “catastrophic conditions”, which are becoming more difficult over time. Khalil made his remarks to...

News
March 2, 2016

When security officers demand the dismissal of the government

The sit-in staged by thousands of security officers in front of the government palace is on the verge of causing unprecedented chaos in Tunisia. This has opened the door...

Article
March 2, 2016

Egypt denies police involvement in torture, killing of Italian student

The Egyptian Ministry of Justice has denied media reports claiming the murdered Cambridge student whose battered body was found in Cairo last month was tortured before he was killed....

News
March 2, 2016

Irreversible disintegration of the Arab World?

The events of the Arab Spring revolutions, which started in Tunisia on 17 December 2010 and culminated in ousting the regime of Zein el Abidine Ben Ali on the...

Article
March 2, 2016

Asseri: US-led coalition discussed sending troops into Syria

Defence ministers of the countries involved in the US-led coalition against Daesh in Syria have discussed the possibility of a ground offensive against the group, a senior Saudi official...

News
March 2, 2016

Britain to send troops to Tunisia to fight Daesh

Britain will be sending troops to Tunisia to help prevent Daesh fighters from entering the country from Libya, the country’s Defence Minister Michael Fallon revealed yesterday. “A training team...

News
March 1, 2016

Systematic torture and international complicity

Systematic torture has surfaced once again as an integral part of the state of Israel’s colonial violence. A recent report by Israeli human rights organisations B’Tselem and HaMoked —...

Blog
March 1, 2016

Knesset Speaker ‘proud to be a settler’ ahead of British Parliament address

Israeli Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has said he is “proud to represent the Knesset and the State of Israel, including as a settler of Judea and Samaria [the West...

News
March 1, 2016

Hamas, the others, and the reconciliation

Since Hamas won the majority of the Palestinian Legislative Council seats, all of the vital and influential forces in the region felt that a political earthquake had occurred. They...

Article
March 1, 2016

The Egyptians: A Radical Story

It was not without excitement that I approached Jack Shenker’s book, The Egyptians: A radical story, a book long overdue as the clasp of the counter-revolution seems to have...

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