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  • June 9, 2015

    Obama: No ‘complete strategy’ to help Iraqis yet

    The United States still does not have a “complete strategy” to train Iraqi defence forces battling Islamic State (ISIS) fighters who’ve seized control of swaths of the country, President...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Is Al-Sisi a diplomat extraordinaire or a puppet?

    On 3 June, German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Berlin. In typical Western fashion she met a military dictator who carries out and justifies...

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  • June 9, 2015

    CIA director secretly discusses Iranian nuclear deal with Tel Aviv

    Israeli media sources have revealed that CIA Director, John Brennan, secretly visited Tel Aviv and that the discussions between the two parties focused on the upcoming nuclear deal between...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Iraqi official: ‘We have to rid Fallujah of ISIS’

    Deputy Chairman of the Popular Mobilisation Committee Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis stressed the importance of liberating Fallujah from ISIS, alamatonline.net reported yesterday. Speaking in a memorial for those killed in...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Israel deploys fourth Iron Dome near Gaza

    Israeli sources yesterday announced that the Israeli army had deployed the fourth Iron Dome Rocket Defence System, fearing a deterioration of the security situation in Gaza, the Anadolu Agency...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Russian-Iranian fund for Tehran’s oil sales

    An agreement between Tehran and Moscow to establish a joint fund for Iranian oil sales was announced yesterday, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. Director of international affairs...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Israeli firm to move from settlements following BDS pressure

    Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company, is to relocate its factories and offices from an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Arab48.com reported on Sunday. The company, which is...

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  • June 9, 2015

    Ban Ki-moon buckles – and Palestinian children will pay the price

    -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has overruled his colleagues’ recommendations and removed Israel from a list of parties guilty of grave violations of children’s rights, it was revealed Monday. The...

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  • June 9, 2015

    US passports must show ‘Jerusalem’ not ‘Israel’, Supreme Court says

    American Supreme Court yesterday struck down part of a federal statute that allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to record their place of birth as “Israel” on their passport, American...

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  • June 9, 2015

    US may send weapons for Iran and Kurds to fight ISIS

    The US is worried that ISIS will become so powerful it will take over control of a capital city and demand international recognition, Al-Quds newspaper reported experts saying yesterday....

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