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January 30, 2017

Hamas and Al-Sisi: A new page?

Spokespersons for the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement — Hamas — have given the impression that their movement’s relationship with Egypt is on the verge of dramatic shifts that will...

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January 30, 2017

Morocco condemns African Union head for blocking its readmission

Morocco has accused the African Union (AU) Commission’s head, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, of blocking its efforts to re-join the Union 32 years after it departed it, the country’s foreign ministry...

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January 30, 2017

Trump and Saudi King discuss Syria ‘safe zones’

The White House says that King Salman of Saudi Arabia has agreed to support the creation of “safe zones” in Syria and Yemen. A White House statement said that...

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January 30, 2017

EU, World Bank launch school building project for Syrian refugees in Turkey

The World Bank has partnered with a number of Turkish agencies and the European Union to construct schools for Syrian refugees in Turkey, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily reported. It...

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January 30, 2017

Sudan sentences Czech worker to 20 years for ‘spying’

A Sudanese court in Khartoum has sentenced a Czech missionary to over 20 years in jail on the basis of three charges including “spying” and inciting hatred, according to...

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January 30, 2017

Turkmen leader demands equal rights to Arabs, Kurds in Syria

The head of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly Emin Bozoglan spoke on Friday with the Iraqi Turkmeneli TV about his assessment of the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital...

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January 30, 2017

Armed opposition faction withdraws from Syria ceasefire

An armed group fighting under the Free Syrian Army’s (FSA) banner in northwest Syria has withdrawn from a shaky nationwide ceasefire, blaming the Bashar Al-Assad regime and its allies...

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January 30, 2017

Turkey reopens embassy in Libya

Turkey reopened its embassy in Libya on Monday, two-and-a-half years after closing it due to the security situation, the Turkish foreign ministry said, as diplomatic missions begin to reopen...

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January 30, 2017

British activists attempt to disarm fighter jets bound for Saudi Arabia

Two British activists have been arrested while apparently trying to disarm warplanes bound for Saudi Arabia. Daniel Woodhouse, a Methodist minister from Leeds, and Quaker Sam Walton were released...

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January 30, 2017

700,000 expat workers lost their jobs in the GCC in 2016

A report prepared by the Hayes Group International and published by TradeArabia said that four per cent of expatriate workers lost their jobs in various Arabian Gulf countries last...

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