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January 27, 2017

Iraq: Female activist abducted by masked gunmen in Baghdad

Unidentified gunmen posing as security forces personnel yesterday abducted an Iraqi female civil rights activist from her family home in Baghdad, along with another child, Iraqi media has reported....

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January 27, 2017

Did Egypt’s January Revolution die?

January 25th passed without a hitch for the people of Egypt, apart from a few posts and tweets on Facebook and Twitter, some of which were eulogies for the...

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January 27, 2017

Egypt officials betray Sisi, attempt to reconcile with Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian Sisi regime officials have recently been attempting to reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood, going behind President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s back in the process, reports have indicated. Figures from...

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January 27, 2017

Lebanon arrests 5 for collaborating with Israel

Lebanese authorities have arrested five people suspected of collaborating with Israel, according to a statement released Wednesday evening by Lebanon’s General Directorate for Public Security. According to the security...

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January 27, 2017

African refugees protest Israel’s ‘cruel’ deportation policy

Israeli news agencies reported that some 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers gathered outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to protest against Israel’s expulsion of refugees to other African countries....

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January 27, 2017

‘Seven Egyptian policemen involved in Italian student’s killing’

Italy’s ANSA news agency has claimed that seven Egyptian police officers are suspected in the killing of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni in Cairo last year. The agency cited...

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January 27, 2017

Egypt, France discuss developing military ties

Egypt’s Minister of Defence Sedky Sobhi met yesterday with France’s Chief of Defence Staff Pierre de Villiers in Cairo where they discussed reinforcing military cooperation between the two countries,...

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January 27, 2017

PA wants ICC to investigate Israeli settlements, says minister

Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority will ask the International Criminal Court to open a full investigation into the legality of the Israeli settlements....

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January 27, 2017

Shia militants ‘mistakenly’ shell Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq

Shia militant jihadists fighting under the banner of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq have shelled military outposts and positions belonging to the Kurdish Peshmerga militia, despite both...

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January 27, 2017

Confusion over Obama’s final payment to Palestinian Authority

A Palestinian Authority (PA) official close to President Mahmoud Abbas has claimed that a $221 million American aid package authorised in Barack Obama’s final hours in the White House...

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