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September 26, 2016

‘Half of Aleppo casualties are children’

Save the Children said in a statement on Sunday that its humanitarian partners in Aleppo have revealed that approximately half of the victims who are being pulled from the...

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September 26, 2016

France insists that Russia and Iran must end deadlock strategy in Syria

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Sunday that Russia and Iran would become accomplices in war crimes if they continue to prolong the war in Syria. Describing Russia...

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September 26, 2016

2 million people without running water in Aleppo, says UNICEF

UNICEF has revealed that nearly 2 million people are facing water supply shortages after the breakdown of two pumping stations as a result of the bombardment that took place...

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September 26, 2016

Has Turkey relinquished Gaza or simply bent before the rising tide of Israeli influence?

In the aftermath of Israel’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla in 2010, the then Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressed his nation passionately: “I’ll say it...

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September 26, 2016

‘We need people who will take action in the name of humanity,’ says Mavi Marmara survivor

Cigdem Topcuoglu is a survivor of the attack on the Mavi Marmara flotilla in May 2010, during which her husband was shot in the head and killed by Israeli...
September 26, 2016

Women’s Boat to Gaza Diary

Day 1, Thursday 22 September 2016 It was very hard for me to leave Johannesburg, and the current struggles in South Africa around free higher education. Most of my...

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September 26, 2016

Morocco’s Islamist party plays down tensions with palace as election campaign begins

Morocco’s governing Islamist party opened its campaign for the kingdom’s parliamentary election on Sunday, playing down tensions with the royal establishment. The 7 October ballot will be the second...

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September 26, 2016

Trump tells Netanyahu he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if elected, the United States would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the...

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September 25, 2016

Blair must still be held to account for Iraq

A major row is escalating in Britain over whether individual soldiers should be dragged through the courts and held to account for alleged war crimes carried out in Iraq...

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September 25, 2016

Explained: Israeli Settlements

Soon after Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza Strip in June 1967, Israeli authorities began to establish civilian colonies – settlements – in the newly-occupied territory. Initially small...

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