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January 4, 2017

Libya-Tunisia border crossing blocked by residents

The border between Libya and Tunisia has been blocked by residents of Ben Guredane in Tunisia, preventing travellers from using the recently opened Ras Ajdair crossing, according to Libyan...

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January 4, 2017

Abducted Iraq journalist freed after 1 week ordeal

An Iraqi journalist who was snatched from her home in Baghdad last week by armed men wearing police uniforms was freed yesterday, after a week long ordeal that raised...

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January 4, 2017

UN: Thousands return to ruins of Aleppo

Thousands of people are starting to return to formerly opposition-held east Aleppo despite freezing weather and destruction “beyond imagination”, a top UN official told Reuters from the Syrian city....

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January 4, 2017

Arabs blow up Iran oil pipelines

An Iranian Arab separatist movement has claimed responsibility for destroying two major oil pipelines in Iran, vowing to continue attacks against vital Iranian economic and energy infrastructure over the...

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January 4, 2017

Trump calls for no further release of Guantanamo prisoners

US President-elect Donald Trump yesterday called to end the future release of prisoners being held at the controversial military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba calling the prisoners “extremely...

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January 4, 2017

Two Egyptian policemen jailed 17 years for attempted rape

A Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced two Egyptian policemen to 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman. Ibrahim Al-Rifaai received a ten-year term, while conscript Mohamed Taha...

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January 4, 2017

Police man shot dead in armed attack in Cairo

Armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on a police vehicle killing an Egyptian policeman and wounding another in the south of Cairo yesterday, according to security sources. The...

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January 4, 2017

UN: Almost 7,000 Iraqi civilians killed in 2016

Almost 7,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed throughout 2016 as a result of continued violence and turmoil in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)...

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January 4, 2017

Palestinian teen charged with ‘attempted murder’ of Israeli officer

A 16-year-old Palestinian girl has been indicted at an Israeli military court in the occupied West Bank district of Nablus for attempting to murder an Israeli border guard officer,...

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January 4, 2017

Israel sentences Palestinian minor to 8 years in prison

Israel’s central court in Jerusalem this morning sentenced a Palestinian teenage girl to eight-and-a-half years in prison, convicting her of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack in occupied...

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