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November 9, 2015

Malta to propose plan to resettle refugees

The Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat said yesterday that Malta will propose an “ambitious proposal” for a global mechanism to resettle refugees in a long-term action to address...

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November 9, 2015

Egypt blacklists 18 Muslim Brotherhood leaders

The Cairo Criminal Court blacklisted 18 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including the Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, an official Egyptian newspaper reported yesterday. The 18 leaders had been removed from the...

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November 9, 2015

Remaking the Middle East: How the US grew tired and less relevant

US Secretary of State John Kerry is often perceived as one of the “good guys”, the less hawkish of top American officials, who does not simply promote and defend...

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November 9, 2015

Obama’s decision to send ground troops to Syria is a bluff

At the end of October, US President Barack Obama authorised the Pentagon to send special-operation forces to Syria to “train, advise and assist” rebel forces on the ground in...

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November 8, 2015

Egypt denies missile fired near UK passenger plane

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied allegations by a British newspaper that a missile fired by the Egyptian army came close to striking a plane full of British tourists...

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November 8, 2015

The Thinking behind the Mental Health Workers’ Pledge for Palestine

The Israeli occupation of Palestine In a time of global turmoil surrounding refugee crises in many areas, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the Palestinians...

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November 8, 2015

Israeli forces implement heavy security measures in Hebron after 2 Palestinians killed

Soldiers seized houses surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque, known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs, after two Israelis were shot and injured outside the religious site Friday, according...

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November 8, 2015

Save Egypt

Having love and caring for Egypt necessitates removing the imagined ban on addressing what goes on there by the sole influential Arab media, by which I mean the Saudi...

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November 7, 2015

Syria is a microcosm of geopolitical challenges

The Syrian conflict has become a multidimensional crisis with global ramifications. The mounting refugee crisis has started to poison the already tense relations between EU member states still recovering...

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November 7, 2015

The week in pictures

Change your lens, change your story. Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures… ...

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