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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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October 15, 2016

Egypt’s crisis, Libyan petrol and political agendas

The crisis in relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has echoed loudly across the Arab arena and is especially loud in Libyan circles. Egypt is an ally of the...

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October 15, 2016

Britain wants UNSC to push truce in Yemen

Britain said yesterday that it plans to put forward a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate truce in Yemen and a resumption of peace talks....

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October 15, 2016

Kremlin: Putin, Erdogan discussed Russian air defence supplies to Turkey

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently discussed possible supplies of Russian air defence systems to Ankara, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday. “They...

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October 15, 2016

12 Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai

Suspected Daesh gunmen killed 12 members of Egypt’s military in North Sinai province and wounded six more in an attack on a checkpoint yesterday, the military said, adding that...

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October 15, 2016

Israel allows fuel into Gaza

Israeli forces yesterday opened the Kerem Shalom crossing between the besieged Gaza Strip and Israel to allow the import of fuel into the coastal enclave. Samir Hamadeh, a board...

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October 15, 2016

‘Refugee who planned airport attack radicalised in Germany not Syria’

The Syrian refugee suspected of planning to bomb a Berlin airport was radicalised only after arriving in Germany, Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday, citing the suspect’s brother who still...

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October 14, 2016

Erdogan: Turkey determined to take part in Mosul offensive

Turkey is determined to take part in a planned operation by coalition forces against Daesh in the Iraqi city of Mosul and will implement a “plan B” if it...

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