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February 2, 2017

Hamas: Israel ‘desperate’ to get information on captured soldiers

Palestinian prisoners do not reject the principle of inspections but they refuse the invasion of their privacy and dignity which they will defend fiercely, the director of the Palestinian...

News
February 2, 2017

Abbas’ wasted opportunity at the AU Summit

Two contradictory approaches characterised PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the 27th annual summit of the African Union in Rwanda. Prior to the summit, Wafa reported that Abbas intended...

Blog
February 2, 2017

Senior Iran official mocks US threats over missile test as ‘useless’

A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today that Iran will not yield to “useless” US threats from “an inexperienced person” over its ballistic missile programme....

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February 2, 2017

Mexico demonstrates how a state should stand up for itself; Arab world please note

When Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu jumped into the US-Mexican brawl on 28th January he clearly did not expect the fierce response he got from Mexico. Like his soul...

Commentary & Analysis
February 2, 2017

Syrian opposition rejects UN envoy’s proposal for peace talks

The Syrian opposition yesterday rejected remarks by UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in which he said that he would pick the opposition delegation representatives to the peace talks in...

News
February 2, 2017

IKEA to create jobs for Syrian refugees

IKEA has announced plans to create jobs for Syrian refugees displaced by the civil war in the country. The furniture retail giant plans to sell a new line of...

News
February 2, 2017

Tunisian politician says delegate reshuffle a ‘scandal’

The secretary-general of the Tunisia Project (Mashrou Tounes) movement Mohsen Marzouk has said that his party is “willing to co-operate with other political actors in the upcoming municipal elections”,...

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February 2, 2017

Qatar sent forces to protect Erdogan after coup attempt

A document attributed to the Qatari Embassy in Ankara claimed that Doha sent Special Forces to protect Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the failed coup attempt on July...

News
February 2, 2017

Trump hails US Serviceman in deadly Yemen attack

After US forces appeared to have murdered an eight-year-old Yemeni-American girl by shooting her in the neck during a raid conducted by the Navy SEALs over the weekend, calls...

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February 2, 2017

UAE cosying up to Trump by defending ‘Muslim ban’

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan defended US President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban citizens from seven Muslim majority states and branded it as a “sovereign...

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