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January 4, 2016

10 Egyptian soldiers killed and wounded by Daesh in Sinai

The Daesh affiliated Wilayat Sinai yesterday announced that its members wounded and killed ten Egyptian soldiers, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement posted on Twitter, Wilayat Sinai said...

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January 4, 2016

Hamas: Meshaal is not on social media

Hamas yesterday stressed that its political leader Khaled Meshaal does not have any accounts on social media sites, Al-Resalah newspaper reported. Senior Hamas leader Izzat Al-Risheq said any account...

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January 4, 2016

Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the cutting of diplomatic ties to Iran after attacks on its missions in Tehran and Mashhad. Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir announced the move at...

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January 4, 2016

Israeli official calls for occupying Damascus

A senior Israeli official called on Saturday night for the occupation of the Syrian capital Damascus based on the teachings of the Jewish holy book the Torah, Felesteen newspaper...

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January 4, 2016

Netanyahu ‘not moved’ by criticism of anti-Arab incitement

Israel’s prime minister has dismissed criticism of inflammatory remarks made against Arab citizens at the site of a fatal shooting in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Benjamin Netanyahu defended his...

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January 4, 2016

Palestine after Abbas: The future of a people at stake

Although intended to inspire his Fatah Party followers, a televised speech by Mahmoud Abbas on the 51st Anniversary of the group’s launch highlighted, instead, the unprecedented crisis that continues...

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January 3, 2016

Saudi mission in Tehran attacked after Shia cleric’s death

Iranian protesters have torched a building belonging to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran to protest the execution on Saturday of prominent Saudi Shia cleric Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr, according...

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January 3, 2016

Two Jewish settlers indicted for deadly West Bank arson attack

Israeli public prosecutors filed Sunday indictments against two Jewish settlers for the murder last summer of a Palestinian family – including an 18-month-old child – in an arson attack...

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January 3, 2016

Riyadh slams Iranian condemnation of mass executions

Saudi Arabia has condemned Tehran’s official reaction to the execution on Saturday of 47 people – including a prominent Shia cleric – convicted of having committed acts of “terrorism”,...

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January 2, 2016

Gaza enters 10th year of Israeli-led blockade

The start of 2016 sees the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip entering the 10th year of the Israeli-led and internationally-backed blockade of the territory, which is exacerbated by Egyptian...

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