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February 2, 2017

Egypt’s parliamentary speaker blasted for spending $425,800 on cars

Egyptian social media is in uproar following reports that the country’s parliamentary speaker and two deputies have been using state funds to buy cars worth hundreds of thousands of...

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February 2, 2017

NATO ready to help Libya ‘if requested’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has hailed on Wednesday the efforts of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez Al-Sarraj, noting that NATO is ready to...

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February 2, 2017

Israel and ‘takfirism’ are main threats to security, says top Iranian official

Israel and takfiri groups like Daesh are the main threats to international security, a top Iranian official has claimed. The comments were made by the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme...

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February 2, 2017

Senior Tunisian officials accused of corruption

The judiciary in Tunisia look set to investigate 12 senior government officials suspected of involvement in “financial corruption”, the General Prosecutor’s office announced on Wednesday. A spokesman for the...

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February 2, 2017

Libya strongman’s forces receiving medical treatment in Russia

Around 70 soldiers from Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces have been flown to Russia for medical treatment in what is believed to be the first signs of public...

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February 2, 2017

Morocco’s return to African Union may not alter Algerian support for separatists

A political sciences professor at the University of Algiers, Dr Abdelali Razzaghi, has said that his country would not alter its support for the separatist Western Sahara’s Polisario Front...

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February 2, 2017

Marzouki rejects bill allowing security personnel vote in Tunisia elections

Tunisia’s former president, Moncef Marzouki, has criticised the Tunisian parliament’s approval of a draft bill allowing the Tunisian armed forces and police to vote in municipal elections scheduled later...

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February 2, 2017

Egyptian pharmacists syndicate determined to hold general strike

The under secretary-general of Egypt’s pharmacists’ syndicate has denied reports about a possible cancellation of the general strike planned for 12 February, stressing that these are “rumours” that government...

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February 2, 2017

‘Two-state solution is dying,’ say Euro MPs

Members of the European Parliament said on Wednesday that the situation in the Middle East is “disappointing” and the two-state solution is “dying” due to ongoing Israeli settlement building...

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February 2, 2017

UAE Special Forces took part in deadly attack on Yemen, says US official

An American official revealed on Tuesday that Special Forces from the UAE took part in the attack in Yemen last Sunday which caused dozens of casualties, CNN has reported....

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