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  • February 9, 2017

    Gaza’s ‘Spiderboy’ breaks world record

    A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip has set a new Guinness World Record while performing various contortions and movements in Amman yesterday, Felesteen.ps has reported. Mohamed Al-Sheikh is known...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Israel allows anaesthesia gas into Gaza

    Israel allowed a shipment of nitrous oxide, used as an anaesthetic, into the Gaza Strip yesterday following international pressure, according to spokesman for the Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf...

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  • February 9, 2017

    UK tribunal hears of Tunisian police ‘cowardice’ during Sousse terror attack

    Tunisian security forces were accused of “cowardice” yesterday during the testimony of a Tunisian judge at a British inquest for failing to respond in proper time to a terrorist...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Israel

    Daesh is behind yesterday’s rocket attack on the southern Israeli town of Eilat, the group confirmed today. “Some of these rockets were destroyed in flight by Iron Dome batteries,” an Israeli...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Sadrist protesters demand dissolution of Iraq’s electoral commission

    Thousands of Iraqis loyal to firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr took to the streets in the capital Baghdad yesterday to demonstrate against the Iraqi High Electoral Commission, demanding its...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Turkey referendum on changes to constitution due in April

    A referendum on constitutional reform in Turkey is expected to be held on 16 April, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced today, according to the state run news Anadolu Agency....

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  • February 9, 2017

    Iraq Hezbollah leader assassinated in Basra

    A senior leader within the Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah militant group was assassinated last night in the southern Shia-dominated city of Basra according to local police sources and social media...

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  • February 9, 2017

    UN prepares invitations for Syria peace talks

    The UN is preparing for Syria peace talks planned for 20 February in Geneva, Switzerland. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura will send invitations for the talks in the coming...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Why did Morocco decide to join the African Union?

    The ongoing territorial dispute between the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco is one of the manifestations of the unfortunate tragedies of the West’s...

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  • February 9, 2017

    Bank sues EU for loses made during Iran sanctions

    An Iranian bank has filed a lawsuit for losses sustained during years of sanctions against the country, the official news agency IRNA reported. A senior official at the Bank...

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