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February 2, 2017

UNRWA warns of ‘high cost’ consequences of Israeli siege on Gaza

The commissioner general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday of the “high cost” consequences of the ten-year-old...

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February 2, 2017

Syria regime to deploy near Al-Bab in veiled threat to Turkey

The Syrian army signalled today that it would press on with operations against Daesh northeast of Aleppo, in a veiled warning to Turkey which backs a separate military campaign...

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February 2, 2017

HRW: Shia militias holding Mosul refugees in black sites

A major international human rights organisation has accused Iraqi government-sponsored Shia jihadists of illegally detaining and then forcibly disappearing refugees in and around Mosul at black sites, some of...

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February 2, 2017

Gaza set to build using recycled plastic

A new project in Gaza is countering the lack of building materials by turning unwanted plastic bottles into bricks. The Aysar Project, created by civil engineers Ayman Ashour and...

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February 2, 2017

Iran tested nuclear-capable cruise missile

Iran has tested a cruise missile called “Sumar” that is capable of carrying nuclear weapons in addition to test-firing a medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday, German newspaper Die Welt...

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February 2, 2017

Israel should build thousands of settlement units, says extremist MK

A member of the Israeli parliament has said that the government should build thousands of new settlement units in the occupied Palestinian territories instead of evacuating the settlement “outpost”...

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February 2, 2017

Russia’s constitution for Syria has Chechnya as its model

When the US invaded Iraq on 20 March 2003, as part of the “War on Terror”, Russia was holding a referendum on the constitution it had offered to Chechnya;...

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February 2, 2017

Knesset allows members to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has decided to allow its Jewish members to enter the Muslim holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque in cooperation with the police, Moheet.com reported on Wednesday....

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February 2, 2017

Kuwait considers export of electricity to Iraq

Kuwait’s Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water, Isam Al-Marzouq, has said that his country will study the possibility of exporting electricity to Iraq in exchange for natural gas to...

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February 2, 2017

Parliamentary committee calls for new prisons in Egypt

The Egyptian parliament’s Defence and National Security Committee has called for the construction of a number of new prisons in order to accommodate the huge numbers of detainees currently...

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