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October 24, 2016

Number of female Israeli combat soldiers on the rise

The number of female Israeli soldiers in combat units has almost doubled over the past four years, Al Mesryoon reported an Israeli TV channel saying yesterday. Israeli combat soldiers...

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October 24, 2016

Rights group: Egypt hindering investigation into prisoner torture

Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has accused the country’s Ministry of Interior of limiting access to prisoners in an effort to cover up cases of torture. NCHR...

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October 24, 2016

Tunisia holds first judicial elections

Tunisia “is experiencing today a milestone in the history of Tunisia”, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said yesterday after the country held its first High Judicial Council elections. This new...

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October 24, 2016

Crossings at Erez in September was lowest monthly total in 2016

The number of crossings in September at the Israeli-controlled Erez checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip fell to a new low for the year, according to newly-published data from...

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October 24, 2016

Israeli settlers establish new ‘outpost’ in the Jordan Valley

Israeli settlers are establishing a new outpost in the northern Jordan Valley on privately owned Palestinian land. According to the Haaretz report, although Israeli authorities have not authorised its...

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October 24, 2016

BBC: Syrian child refugees making British clothes in Turkey

Syrian refugee children have been working in factories in Turkey making clothes for British high street retailer Marks & Spencer and online store ASOS, an investigation by BBC Panorama...

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October 24, 2016

Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further

It has taken two years of training a demoralised army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the world’s greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an...

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October 24, 2016

Former Qatari Emir dies aged 84

Qatar’s former emir, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani died on Sunday, aged 84, Qatar’s state news agency QNA reported. He ruled Qatar from 1972 until 1995 when he was...

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October 24, 2016

French minister calls for end to Syrian ‘massacre’

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault used a visit to southeastern Turkey on Sunday to call for an end to the “massacre” of civilians in Syria. Speaking ahead of a...

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October 24, 2016

Lebanon’s Hezbollah sees door “wide open” for an Aoun presidency

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was “wide open” and his members of parliament would vote for...

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