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February 7, 2017

Sisi taken to court to repeal ‘historic’ Assembly Law

A legal case has been filed in Egypt calling on President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to revoke the controversial Assembly Law. The law, which Al-Sisi has used in his crackdown...

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February 7, 2017

UN, UK, Turkey slam Israel’s settlement legalisation law

Senior Turkish and British government and UN officials condemned a new Israeli bill which legalises settlements built on privately owned Palestinian land. The “Legalisation Law” passed last night allows...

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February 7, 2017

Israel arrests 18 Palestinians

Israeli forces detained 18 Palestinians, including a woman and a minor, from several cities in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement today....

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February 7, 2017

Saudi appoints ambassador to Lebanon

After years of cooling in Saudi-Lebanese relations, Riyadh has initiated a move forward in relations by appointing an ambassador to Lebanon, and is now trying to instigate the return...

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February 7, 2017

More time needed to monitor Syria truce, agree Turkey, Iran and Russia

The meeting between Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Kazakh capital Astana has ended, with participants agreeing that more time is needed to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire...

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February 7, 2017

Egyptian football star requests amnesty from Sisi

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah, who plays for Italian club Roma and the Egypt national team, requested an amnesty for footballer Mohamed Aboutrika from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during a meeting yesterday....

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February 7, 2017

Al-Arab news channel closes

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal’s Al-Arab news channel has closed, six years after news of its “imminent” launch, media reports revealed yesterday. Staff at the station have been made...

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February 7, 2017

Global tech giants oppose Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

Some of the leading technology companies and business giants in the world have joined in opposing President Donald Trump’s Executive Order barring entry and revoking visas from citizens of...

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February 7, 2017

Hundreds of chickens killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Poultry farmer Khalid Al-Haya expressed his anger after the occupation forces targeted his farm during the military attack on the Gaza Strip yesterday. Khalid told MEMO that he was...

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February 7, 2017

Case against British arms sale to Saudi moves to High Court

British arms sales to Saudi Arabia are being challenged at the High Court today, in a judicial review brought by campaigners who have accused the UK of being complicit...

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