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  • November 4, 2015

    Merkel urges Europe to share refugee burden with Turkey

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday urged European states to share the refugee burden with Turkey, the Anadolu Agency reported. “We must divide the burden on Turkey, caused by harbouring...

    News

  • November 4, 2015

    Landslides in Gaza after Egypt floods border

    Large areas of soil collapsed yesterday evening in Gaza’s border town of Rafah as a result of Egypt pumping sea water into the area. Local residents living east of...

    News

  • November 4, 2015

    The general’s bankruptcy

    The speech made by General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Sunday before a group of Egyptian army and police officers, may be considered a turning point in the man’s path;...

    Article

  • November 4, 2015

    Balfour Declaration anniversary exposes complicity and complacency

    The 98th anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration has elicited some repetitive commentary from PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat. In a brief statement published on the organisation’s “Negotiations’ Affairs...

    Blog

  • November 3, 2015

    Turkey proves that “political Islam” has not failed, says ex-Lebanese minister

    A former Lebanese interior minister has said that the Justice and Development Party’s victory in the Turkish parliamentary election will change the political situation, not only in Turkey, but...

    News

  • November 3, 2015

    The winners and losers in the Turkish election

    Most supporters of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) did not expect the party to achieve such a decisive victory in the second election held on Sunday. Less than...

    Article

  • November 3, 2015

    MENA defence spending is rising but is security increasing?

    In addition to highlighting the poor oversight of armed forces in the Middle East, including secret defence budgets and lack of legitimacy and transparency, a recent report from British...

    Article

  • November 3, 2015

    Nidaa Tounes loses its moral legitimacy

    We learned in school that politics is the management of people’s affairs, and that a politician’s value increases amongst their citizens when they are closer to the people or...

    Article

  • November 3, 2015

    72 Iraqi MPs threaten to export Basra’s oil independently

    Some 72 Iraqi members of parliament yesterday demanded that the oil-rich province of Basra be given financial independence and called for an end to discrimination between the southern province...

    News

  • November 3, 2015

    Interview with Ru Freeman: “You can’t let words be co-opted by a certain group”

    As Iberia flight 3316 approached Ben Gurion airport last week the pilot provoked fury on board when he announced the aircraft’s imminent arrival in Palestine. One passenger summed up...