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February 3, 2017

Egypt confirms Louvre attack suspect is Egyptian

Egypt’s interior ministry has received confirmation from the country’s embassy in Paris that the machete-wielding man suspected of attacking a soldier at the Louvre museum today is Egyptian, two...

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February 3, 2017

Israel agrees to stop ‘escalations’ against Palestinian prisoners

Hamas and the Israeli Prison Service today reportedly reached an agreement to “stop escalations” against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs. Head...

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February 3, 2017

Israel bans 3 Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa

Three Palestinians were released from Israeli detention centres yesterday but were banned from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months. According to local sources, Thaer Abu Sbeih, Mahmoud Abed Al-Latif...

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February 3, 2017

Turkey to organise conference on Ottoman Waqf in Jerusalem

Turkey is to hold a conference on Ottoman Waqf in Jerusalem in May, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak announced. “We are planning to hold a conference on Ottoman Waqf...

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February 3, 2017

Saudi halts oil shipment to Egypt for fifth consecutive month

Saudi Arabia’s state oil firm Aramco has not supplied Egypt with oil and petroleum products for the fifth consecutive month, indicating a continuing rift between the two countries, an...

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February 3, 2017

Hadi: US stipulated its military aid not be used against Houthis

Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi reiterated his refusal to agree to the “road map” proposed by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. “The proposal...

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February 3, 2017

Egypt arrests 37 football fans

Some 37 football fans were taken into custody overnight in Cairo after 80 fans were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of staging a protest on the fifth anniversary of...

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February 3, 2017

Saudi soldier killed in Houthi landmine attack

A Saudi soldier has been killed after sustaining injuries as a result of a landmine blast on the border with Yemen. The unnamed soldier, who was a border guard’s...

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February 3, 2017

Tunisia’s Essebsi has only honoured one third of his election promises

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has achieved only one third of his election promises, the organisation I Watch has said yesterday. The group, which uses its “Sebsi Metre” to...

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February 3, 2017

Al-Qaeda makes gains in Yemen after US raid

Following Sunday’s US Navy SEALs’ “counter-terrorism” raid that killed scores of civilians in Yemen on Sunday, including an eight-year-old girl, Al-Qaeda has made gains in several parts of Yemen....

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