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January 31, 2017

Iraq’s Shia militias display sectarian slogans in Sunni Mosul

Shia militias fighting under the command of the now-official Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have been hanging their banners and slogans, as well as images of Shia jihadist commanders, on...

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January 31, 2017

Finance Minister: Tunisia needs $2.85bn in external financing this year

Tunisian Finance Minister Lamia Al-Zuraibi told Reuters on Monday that her country needs around $2.85 billion in external financing this year and plans to issue a sukuk Islamic bond...

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January 31, 2017

Conversation with Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi

MEMO’s Jehan Alfarra speaks to Palestinian-American performance poet and writer Remi Kanazi about his background, activism and his latest works. Q: Tell us a little bit about your background...

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January 31, 2017

Israel stops partnership with EU programme

Israel has decided not to partner with an EU cultural programme because it includes an article banning cooperation with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, QudsPress reported yesterday....

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January 31, 2017

Arabs form committee to help owners of homes demolished in Israel

The High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Residents in Israel has announced the formation of a Cooperation Committee to continue helping the owners of those houses which have been...

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January 31, 2017

Tens of thousands of Londoners unite to trump #MuslimBan

Tens of thousands gathered outside Downing Street yesterday to protest US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration and refugees and the invitation of a state visit to Britain. “No...

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January 31, 2017

The latest PA foreign ministry statement is tethered to obsolete paradigms

Recognising belligerent intent somewhat belatedly will remain a characteristic of the Palestinian Authority. Despite evidence that Israel was never seeking to implement the two-state “solution”, it was only recently...

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January 31, 2017

Trump’s anti-Brotherhood bill is another Muslim ban in all but name

In the current political climate, the moves under way in the US to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation are unsurprising. On his way to the White...

Article
January 31, 2017

Syria’s Assad in first meeting since alleged illness

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met with Damascus manufacturers affected by war today, state media said, in his first reported meeting since rumours circulated that he was suffering from ill...

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January 31, 2017

Ghannouchi: Bouteflika rejected Egypt’s request to ban Muslim Brotherhood

Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Tunisian Ennahda political movement, has said that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had rejected requests made by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to ban the...

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