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September 14, 2016

Hamas to hold internal elections early 2017

Hamas is planning to hold internal elections during the first half of 2017, Hamas official Ahmed Yousef said in an interview with Ma’an yesterday. Yousef, a former senior adviser...

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September 14, 2016

Moroccan king defends adviser over election comment

Morocco’s King Mohammed has accused a minister of dragging the monarchy into the campaign for October’s legislative elections after the official described a key royal adviser as the incarnation...

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September 14, 2016

Al-Qaeda and beyond: where do Arab dictatorships fit?

Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted an event to examine the role Arab dictators have played in the rise of extremism in the region. Yemen, Syria, Egypt and Iraq, four...

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September 14, 2016

Peace Now: Israeli settlement construction up 40%

Israeli authorities increased settlement construction by 40 per cent in the first half of 2016, according to data released by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) today. Responding...

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September 14, 2016

Italy received 75,600 asylum applications in 2016

Italy has received more than 75,600 asylum applications since the start of 2016 until 9 September, a new government survey has revealed. This is a 20 per cent increase...

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September 14, 2016

Denmark stops receiving refugees via UN

The Danish government has indefinitely stopped the entry of refugees via the UN programme, the country’s immigration minister announced today. Inger Stojberg said: “Denmark is full of refugees, that...

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September 14, 2016

British MPs attack Cameron over Libya’s ‘collapse’

The UK’s foreign affairs committee accused then Prime Minister David Cameron of lacking a coherent strategy for the air campaign waged on Libya to overthrow then leader Muammar Gaddafi...

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September 14, 2016

Russia set to resume flights to Egypt

Russia’s Transport Ministry will send a group of airport safety experts to Egypt to investigate security measures and determine whether the two countries will restore flights, the country’s Minister...

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September 14, 2016

Iraq national security adviser: Iran ‘may have employed Daesh politically’

Iran may be using the global threat generated by Daesh in order to make political gains, a senior Iraqi national security adviser suggested this afternoon. Speaking to MEMO during...

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September 14, 2016

Algerian women protest against violence

Dozens of women took part in a sit-in against violence and disappearances in the Algerian city of Constantine to pay tribute to Amira Merabet who died earlier this month...

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