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February 1, 2016

Do Palestinian reconciliation talks have any chance for success?

After intervention by the Qatari government, a meeting between representatives of Fatah and Hamas will be held in Doha within the next week. Once again, the two factions will...

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February 1, 2016

Israeli police expels senior Sheikh from Al-Aqsa Mosque for 14th time

Israeli police expelled the Director of Waqf Property in Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Najeh Bkeerat from Al-Aqsa Mosque for the 14th time over “security reasons,” Anadolu reported. Speaking to Anadolu,...

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February 1, 2016

Saudi arrests 33 terror suspects, including 9 Americans

Saudi Arabian police forces arrested 33 terror suspects during one week, including nine Americans, AFP reported unidentified sources saying yesterday. According to the Saudi Gazette four of the Americans...

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February 1, 2016

Palestinians in Gaza go on hunger strike in solidarity with Al-Qeeq

A group of Palestinian elites in Gaza announced on Saturday the start of a hunger strike in solidarity with the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has been on hunger...

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February 1, 2016

Syrian opposition attends talks, holding onto humanitarian demands

United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura met on Sunday with the delegation of the Riyadh-backed High Negotiations Committee (HNC) within the framework of the first round of...

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February 1, 2016

Egypt arrests cartoonist over anti-Sisi caricatures

Egyptian security forces yesterday arrested popular cartoonist Islam Gawish over drawings he made which criticise the President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, Huffington Post reported. A statement published on Gawish’s Al-Waraqa...

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February 1, 2016

Egypt signed oil agreements worth $14.3bn since 2013

Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA) announced yesterday that it has signed 64 agreements worth $14.3 billion between November 2013 and January 2016, Felesteen newspaper reported. The ministry also said...

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February 1, 2016

Israeli army besieges Ramallah

The Israeli army yesterday barricaded Ramallah after a Palestinian man injured three Israeli soldiers. The man was killed on site. The Anadolu Agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the...

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February 1, 2016

HRW: Shia militias in Iraq committed ‘possible war crimes’

The US-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that members of Shia militias, who the Iraqi government has included among its state forces, have abducted and killed scores...

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February 1, 2016

PA accuses Netanyahu of undermining peace process

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry yesterday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts to revive “serious negotiations” leading to ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Anadolu Agency reported. In...

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