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  • June 18, 2015

    US calls for no-fly zone in Syria after gas attacks

    Members of the US Congress have called for a no-fly zone to be imposed over Syria after viewing a film showing doctors trying to save children following a chlorine...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Counting down for Freedom Flotilla III to set sail for Gaza

    The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza has started the countdown for the launch of the Freedom Flotilla ships heading for Gaza in the third attempt to...

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  • June 18, 2015

    HRW: Widespread torture in prisons of internationally backed Libyan government

    Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners is widespread in the prisons of Libya’s internationally recognised government and its allied forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed yesterday. The organisation said that...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Morsi refuses asylum in Turkey

    Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has refused offers to seek asylum in Turkey, Turkish newspapers reported a source as saying yesterday. Yeni Şafak reported the head of the Turkish...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Egypt’s exports decline by 20%

    Egypt’s non-petroleum exports amounted to $8bn in May 2015, compared to $10bn in the same period last year, with a decrease of 20%, according to a report from the...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Extremist Jews attack Sea of Galilee loaves and fishes church

    The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes on the shores of the Sea of Galilee has been attacked by extremist Jews, who wrote racist graffiti on the...

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  • June 18, 2015

    More than 2,000 Russians joined ISIS

    The chief of Anti-Terrorism Centre of Commonwealth of Independent States (ATC-CIS), Andrey Novikov, said yesterday that approximately 2,000 Russians have joined the Islamic State (ISIS). In an interview with...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Iraqi regional government threatens ‘legal measures’ if Baghdad does not cover its budget

    The regional government in Erbil, Northern Iraq, has announced that it will take “legal measures” if the federal authorities in Baghdad do not cover its 2015 budget and solve...

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  • June 18, 2015

    US says lack of volunteers slows training of Iraqi forces

    US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter said on Wednesday that America’s training of Iraqi forces has slowed down due to a lack of volunteers. “We simply haven’t received enough...

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  • June 18, 2015

    Hamas: No written truce proposal yet

    Hamas has not received any “serious” proposal for a truce with the Israeli occupation, Safa news reported a senior member of the movement as saying yesterday. Mousa Abu-Marzouk reiterated...

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