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  • March 18, 2015

    Kurdish official: Shia militias more dangerous than ISIS

    The head of the Intelligence Service in Iraqi Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani, has expressed concerns about the role that Iranian-backed Shia militias are playing in the fight alongside the Iraqi...

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  • March 18, 2015

    8 killed in Tunis museum attack

    At least eight people, including seven tourists, were killed in an attack by gunmen on a local museum in the Tunisian capital, the interior ministry said today. As-yet-unidentified gunmen...

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  • March 18, 2015

    Syrian Brotherhood condemns Kerry’s call for talks with Assad

    Leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Walid yesterday condemned calls by US Secretary of State John Kerry for talks to be held with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad,...

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  • March 18, 2015

    Turkey PM: Talks with Assad like handshake with Hitler

    Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that negotiating with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad is inexcusable and likened it to negotiating with Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. The Anadolu...

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  • March 18, 2015

    The Wanted 18: Palestinian dreams, Israeli nightmares

    The period of 1987-1991 marked one of the most explosive and unsettling times for Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation. Known ubiquitously as the First Intifada, or “uprising”, these...

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  • March 18, 2015

    Change starts here: the Human Rights Watch Film Festival

    “Films always bring this personal, individual narrative to the story, which I don’t think you find so easily elsewhere,” comments Andrea Holley, strategic director of the Human Rights Watch...

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  • March 18, 2015

    Israeli army admits aiding al-Qaeda in Syria

    An under-noticed news report last week confirmed previously-held suspicions and strong implications that Israeli troops are aiding the Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate. Speaking to Israeli occupation troops...

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  • March 18, 2015

    British woman held in Turkey on suspicion of trying to join ISIS

    Turkish authorities arrested a British woman on Monday in the capital Ankara on suspicion of trying to travel to ISIS-held territory in Syria, the Anadolu Agency reported. A Turkish...

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  • March 18, 2015

    Al-Sisi's economic myths

    The logic of General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s supporters never ceases to amaze, nor do their double standard and flawed comments cease to reveal the magnitude of the myths and...

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  • March 18, 2015

    US removes Iran and Hezbollah from list of terror threats

    An annual security report submitted recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, removed both Iran and Hezbollah from the list of terrorism threats to...

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