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  • August 31, 2016

    Egypt sets visa exemptions for Yemeni men

    Egypt has agreed to provide conditional exemptions for Yemenis to enter the country, Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Major General Hussain Mohammed Arab said yesterday. The...

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  • August 31, 2016

    What are the wider implications of Turkey’s Syria adventure?

    The recent rapprochement and normalising of relations between Ankara and Moscow was supposed to put to bed the strains in the relationship after last November’s downing of a Russian...

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  • August 31, 2016

    Turkey rejects cease-fire claims with PKK/PYD

    Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik refuted allegations Wednesday that there had been a cease-fire agreement between Turkey and the PKK/PYD terror group. “The Republic of Turkey is an independent,...

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  • August 30, 2016

    Iraq’s neglected children

    Up to 50 per cent of Iraq’s population is under 19 years old, according to the United Nations Development Programme. The population is getting younger. Under 19s in Iraq,...

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  • August 30, 2016

    It’s a myth that Israel is singled out for criticism

    Apologists for a failing and unethical national security policy in Israel; excuse-fabricators for anti-Palestinian war crimes committed regularly by the Israeli security services; and what are commonly known as...

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  • August 30, 2016

    Israel allows 300,000 schools books into Gaza

    Some 300,000 school books have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip from the occupied West Bank today through the Erez border crossing. Israeli authorities allowed the books into...

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  • August 30, 2016

    Two weeks until the Women’s Boat to Gaza sets sail

    The Women’s Boat to Gaza (WBG) is due to set sail on September 14, 2016 to reach the shores of Gaza by early October. It will be sailed entirely...

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  • August 30, 2016

    Israel’s Apartheid Wall can be seen from outer space, but not by Google

    When the American technology giant Google was accused of deleting Palestine from its Maps app, following a global protest it admitted that it was never labelled as such in...

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  • August 30, 2016

    Israeli wine festival to be held on former Islamic cemetery

    The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem is organising a wine festival on the ruins of a Muslim cemetery, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Israeli and international music bands are expected...

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  • August 30, 2016

    3 Arab nominees for head of UNESCO

    Three Arab nominations for the position of director-general of UNESCO so far and they will be presented before the Arab League Council at the meeting scheduled for 8 September,...

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