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September 30, 2016

EU’s anti-fraud body probes aid for Syrian refugees

The European Union’s anti-fraud body is investigating Syria aid projects, officials said, after a similar US probe exposed bribery and fraud in some of its humanitarian assistance in the...

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September 30, 2016

UNRWA employees plan strike over salaries, staff shortages

The union of workers for UNRWA announced yesterday that they were planning a one-day strike in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank to protest cuts to aid...

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September 30, 2016

UN to investigate Syria aid convoy attack

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that he would establish an internal UN board of inquiry to investigate a deadly attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Syria...

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September 30, 2016

Airstrikes kill 30 civilians in Aleppo

At least 30 civilians were killed and numerous others injured today by an airstrike in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a local civil defence source. Babiris Meshaal,...

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September 30, 2016

Palestinian hospitalised after being hit by Israeli sound bomb

A 20 year-old Palestinian is being treated in the hospital after being hit by a sound bomb in the back of the head during an Israeli forces raid in...

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September 30, 2016

Jordanian minister resigns 24hrs after being sworn in

A Royal Decree was issued yesterday approving the resignation of the country’s newly appointed Minister for Transport Malek Haddad. Haddad was appointed minister on Wednesday and was sworn in...

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September 30, 2016

Russia sends more warplanes to Syria

Russia is sending more warplanes to Syria to ramp up its campaign of airstrikes, a Russian newspaper reported today, as Moscow defied global censure over an escalation that Western...

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September 30, 2016

Israel’s nuclear man: Peres, a brand without substance

Former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres was a very successful brand. He was presented to the world as stately, wise, a relentless advocate of peace, and a...

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September 30, 2016

Women in Gaza draw for freedom

Dozens of female Palestinian artists held their artwork up at the Gaza port to welcome women on board the Zaytouna and Amal ships which hope to break the siege...

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September 30, 2016

Mosul offensive to start soon, says French defence minister

An Iraqi government-led offensive to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh will start soon, France’s defence minister said today after French warplanes took off from the...

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