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October 15, 2016

Suicide bombing kills 31 in Baghdad

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the middle of a Shia gathering in Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding about 30, police and medics said...

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October 15, 2016

Daesh-held Dabiq in Syria under attack by Turkey, FSA

Turkey-backed Syrian fighters began an attack on the Daesh-held village of Dabiq in northwestern Syria today, a rebel commander involved in the campaign and the Syrian Observatory for Human...

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October 15, 2016

Mapping surveillance technologies at Qalandiya International

The third Qalandiya International festival has brought artists together from across the world with the aim of putting Palestine on the cultural map. This year’s programme is organised around...

Reviews
October 15, 2016

Shia militias and the impending Mosul bloodbath

During Ashura, a major Muslim date in the Islamic calendar, one of the main leaders of the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) announced that the recapture of Mosul would...

Article
October 15, 2016

Inmate found dead in Egyptian police jail toilet

An inmate of the police jail in the city of Tanta in Egypt’s Al-Gharbiyah Governorate has been found dead in a toilet, Almesryoon.com reported on Friday. The prisoner was...

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October 15, 2016

Saudi citizen killed in Egypt

Egyptian police found the body of a Saudi citizen on Thursday in his apartment in Giza. Marks on the body suggested that the victim had been beaten and strangled,...

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October 15, 2016

Israeli court sentences Palestinian child to prison

Israel’s Central Court in Jerusalem approved yesterday a sentence against 14-year-old Palestinian Muawiyyeh Alqam to more than six years in prison, a fine of $6,800 and an additional 3-year...

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October 15, 2016

Egypt to open Rafah crossing for Fatah members to join anti-Abbas conference

Egyptian authorities have promised ousted senior Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan that they will open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza to allow opponents of Palestinian President Mahmoud...

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October 15, 2016

Lichfield Cathedral stands strong in the face of bullying by the pro-Israel Lobby

A few months ago I was invited to speak at a conference organised by an ecumenical planning group, to be hosted by Lichfield Cathedral on 7-9 October. The title...

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October 15, 2016

Who is worse, Putin or Al-Baghdadi?

This story is far more dangerous than Aleppo despite the atrocities that are taking place in and around there. The story is bigger than Mosul despite the city’s importance...

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