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  • January 11, 2016

    The shattered image of Lebanon’s Hezbollah

    Accusations that Hezbollah is responsible for the siege of Madaya in Syria and the starving to death of dozens of children prompted the Lebanese group to issue a statement:...

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  • January 11, 2016

    UAE sentences citizen to death for joining Daesh

    The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi yesterday sentenced an Emirati citizen to death after finding him guilty of joined Daesh. Two other defendants...

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  • January 11, 2016

    Arab FMs condemn Iran’s meddling in Saudi

    Arab foreign ministers have condemned Iran’s interference in Saudi affairs, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed said on Saturday. Bin Zayed was speaking during a press conference held with...

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  • January 11, 2016

    Turkey’s challenge is the sectarian animosity fuelling Saudi-Iran standoff

    Despite their regional political rivalry, Turkey has maintained its relations with Muslim rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. Since the Ottoman war with Safavid Persia almost 400 years ago, Turkey...

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  • January 11, 2016

    Syrians in Turkey protest against Madaya siege

    Scores of Syrians in Turkey yesterday held a protest in front of the Russian consulate in Istanbul to protest against the humanitarian tragedy in the Syrian town of Madaya...

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  • January 11, 2016

    Nidaa Tounes holds first conference following split

    Tunisia’s ruling Nidaa Tounes party on Saturday held its first general conference following the resignation of the party’s Secretary-General Mohsen Marzouk and several MPs. The conference which concluded yesterday...

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  • January 11, 2016

    The Compelling Memoirs of Ali Abumghasib

    Ali Abumghasib knows little about the current intrigues of the Fatah Movement, or, perhaps, he is just not interested. Although he has dedicated most of his life fighting within...

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  • January 10, 2016

    American company supplies foreign journalists with statements from Egypt’s Interior Ministry

    The correspondent of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal in Egypt, Tamir Ghabashi, has disclosed that the Egyptian Interior Ministry issued on Friday a statement addressed to foreign...

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  • January 10, 2016

    Five cheerful stories from Egypt

    He is a 17 year old young man who was detained by the police because he was wearing a T-shirt inscribed with the phrase “a homeland without torture”. Mahmoud...

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  • January 10, 2016

    Russian airstrikes kill 47 in Syria’s Idlib

    At least 47 people were killed and scores of others injured on Saturday when Russian warplanes struck the opposition-held Maarat al-Numan district in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, Syrian civil...

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