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November 8, 2016

The West should come clean about its double standards in the Middle East

Luxembourg’s foreign minister accused the Turkish authorities on Monday of using methods in its crackdown on the failed coup plotters reminiscent of those used by the Nazis against the...

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November 8, 2016

Abbas using court to stop his rivals

Palestinian Members of Parliament, politicians and analysts accuse Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas of using the Constitutional Court to consolidate his authoritarianism and stop his political rivals, Quds...

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November 8, 2016

Media and the manufacturing of the American president

In spite of the turmoil that has been engulfing Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya, the American presidential elections seem to be attracting lots of media attention. In global media...

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November 8, 2016

Palestinians banned from 19 jobs in Jordan

The Jordanian Ministry of Labour has issued a decree to ban the expatriate workforce from 19 professions including teaching in both public and private sectors. The new decision deprives...

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November 8, 2016

Saudi oil shipments to Egypt halted indefinitely, Egyptian officials say

Saudi Arabia has informed Egypt that shipments of oil products expected under a $23 billion aid deal have been halted indefinitely. Saudi Arabia has been a major donor to...
November 8, 2016

Tunisian minister sacked following Saudi comments

Tunisia’s Minister of Religious Affairs Abdeljalil Ben Salem has been forced to resign after comments he made about Saudi Arabia’s “Wahhabism” being the source of global terrorism. A statement...

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November 8, 2016

The infamy of the Palestinian elites: An imminent split within Fatah?

The Fatah movement is involved in a massive tug-of-war that will ultimately define its future. Though the conflict is between current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and once Gaza...

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November 8, 2016

Turkey: Expelling Kurdish fighters from Syria’s Manbij is a priority

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said yesterday that his country has informed the head of the US military Joseph Dunford that driving the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)...

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November 8, 2016

IOM: 34,000 displaced Iraqis from Mosul

The number of Iraqis displaced from Mosul has reached 34,038 since the start of military operations to retake the city from Daesh on 17 October, Iraq Mission Displacement Tracking...

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November 8, 2016

Turkey fears forced demographic change in Raqqa

Turkey yesterday warned the United States not to allow demographic changes in the Syrian city of Raqqa after Kurdish-Arab forces launched a US-backed operation to re-capture the Daesh stronghold....

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