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February 15, 2017

Israel closes West Bank landfill after complaints from illegal settlers

Israeli authorities closed on Tuesday a garbage dump site in the east of the West Bank city of Nablus under the pretext of complaints lodged by illegal Israeli Jewish...

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February 15, 2017

Algerians take steps to prosecute France for nuclear tests

The top human rights organisation in Algeria announced yesterday that it has contacted the UN Human Rights Council regarding France’s refusal to admit to the crimes of its nuclear...

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February 15, 2017

Israel puts hunger-striker in solitary confinement

The Israeli occupation authorities have placed the Palestinian hunger-striker Mohamed Al-Qeq in solitary confinement inside Al-Jalama Prison in an attempt to pressure him to stop his protest, family sources...

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February 15, 2017

Israel demolished ‘record number’ of West Bank homes in 2016, reports B’Tselem

The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) said on Tuesday that “2016 saw a marked increase in the number of homes that the Israeli...

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February 15, 2017

Israeli company threatens to cut West Bank electricity

The director of the Israel Electricity Corporation threatened on Tuesday to cut off the electricity supply to parts of the occupied West Bank due to unpaid debts accumulated by...

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February 15, 2017

Iran’s Rouhani wants ‘neighbourly relations’ with Arabian Gulf

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country sought good relations with its Gulf Arab neighbours as he began a one-day trip to Oman and Kuwait today, his first since...

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February 15, 2017

Egyptian court annuls asset freeze on Mubarak-era tycoon

An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday to annul the asset freeze on fugitive Mubarak-era business tycoon Hussein Salem and his family. The court accepted a complaint filed by Salem...

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February 15, 2017

Trump’s Valentine: From the White House to Daesh, with love

George W Bush set the bar high for the accolade of worst US president in history. Before 9/11, he ignored warnings of an impending attack, failed to respond to...

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February 15, 2017

6 years after the Arab Spring: Where is Libya now?

Six years ago North Africa and the Middle East were engulfed by the fires of the Arab Spring in events that seemed unfathomable barely a year before. Fast forward...

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February 15, 2017

Start of Syria talks in Kazakh capital delayed one day – Kazakhstan foreign ministry

Talks on the Syrian crisis involving Russia, Iran, and Turkey that were due to start in the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, on Wednesday had been delayed by one day, Kazakhstan’s...

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