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February 3, 2017

MENA worst area for political and civic freedoms

Algeria “is not a free country”, according to American NGO Freedom House’s annual report on freedoms in the world. Some 195 countries and 15 territories were surveyed on whether...

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February 3, 2017

New Palestinian diaspora pledge to liberate their lands

A conference due to take place in Turkey later this month is part of a new pledge to commit to the land and the right to return to Palestine,...

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February 3, 2017

Egypt to import oil from Iraq

Egypt is negotiating a deal with Iraq that will see it import one million barrels of crude oil every month, after Saudi Arabia stopped its deliveries, Ahram Online reported yesterday. Speaking...

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February 3, 2017

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February 3, 2017

US Treasury announces new Iran sanctions

The United States on Friday sanctioned 13 individuals and 12 entities under US Iran sanctions authority, days after the White House had put Iran “on notice” over a ballistic...

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February 3, 2017

College in Bosnia offers scholarships to people banned by Trump

A Bosnia-based international school said today it would offer scholarships to refugees and students from seven nations affected by the immigration ban issued last week by US President’s Donald...

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February 3, 2017

Iraq seeks to extradite former official convicted of embezzling $800m from Jordan

Iraq called on the Jordanian authorities yesterday to hand over a former Iraqi official convicted in absentia of embezzling about $800 million from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. Iraq’s...

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February 3, 2017

In anticipation of the next cycle of Arab revolutions

I had just been appointed a senior lecturer at the UK-based Markfield Institute of Higher Education in the autumn of 2000 when the newly appointed director, Dr. Zaghlul Al-Najjar,...

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February 3, 2017

Trump poised to impose fresh sanctions on Iran

US President Donald Trump is poised to impose new sanctions on multiple Iranian entities, seeking to ratchet up pressure on Tehran while crafting a broader strategy to counter what...

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February 3, 2017

Lebanon launches census of Palestinian refugees

Lebanon launched yesterday a new census prepared by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, in partnership with the Lebanese Central Administration of Statistics and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in...

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