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January 9, 2016

BDS victory in Ireland, as CRH ditches Israeli cement firm

Irish building materials group CRH has divested from its 25 per cent stake in the Israeli cement market, a development hailed as a victory for the Boycott, Divestment, and...

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January 8, 2016

Where is the Yemeni revolution today?

They’d had enough. They’d had enough of the wars; they’d had enough of the corruption; they’d had enough of the forced destiny and having to look past their leader...

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January 8, 2016

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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January 8, 2016

Israeli soldiers kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank

Four Palestinian men have been shot to death by Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Anadolu Agency quoted the Palestinian Ministry of Health saying. One of the men...

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January 8, 2016

Egypt’s Akrab prison tightens grip on inmates

Conditions at one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons have severely deteriorated after improving briefly in the past few days. Akrab prison in Tora is a maximum-security facility used for...

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January 8, 2016

Lebanon postpones presidential elections for the 34th times

The Lebanese Parliament has postponed presidential elections for the 34th times due to the lack of quorum, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced on Wednesday. “The Iranian-Saudi crisis has big...

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January 8, 2016

Qatar completes first phase of Sheikh Hamad city in Gaza

Qatari Ambassador and head of the Committee to Reconstruct Gaza, Mohammed Al-Emadi said yesterday that the first phase of the Sheikh Hamad residential project in Khan Younis has been...

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January 8, 2016

Report: UK deploys ground troops to protect Libyan oil fields

British Special Forces have been deployed in Libya to prepare for the arrival of 1,000 ground troops to halt Daesh’s advance towards areas along the Mediterranean Sea, Britain’s the...

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January 8, 2016

Crown Prince: Saudi may sell stakes in Aramco

Saudi Arabia is considering selling shares in its flagship oil company Aramco, according to Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. In an interview with the Economist released late yesterday,...

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January 8, 2016

Ban Ki-moon denounces Yemeni decision to expel UN envoy

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon denounced the Yemeni government’s decision to expel the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, saying he is concerned about the safety of the rest...

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