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August 16, 2016

Nuclear deal strengthened Iran’s defensive capabilities, claims Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that strengthening his country’s defensive capabilities was among the most important gains of the nuclear agreement signed with the world powers. In...

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August 16, 2016

Iraq opens Arar border crossing with Saudi for pilgrims

The Arar border crossing between Iraq and Saudi was opened yesterday for Iraqi pilgrims to pass through on their way to Makkah, the Anadolu Agency reported. “The Arar border...

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August 16, 2016

Gaza boxers punch back

The Palestinian Boxing Federation held the Muhammad Ali Clay Boxing tournament in Gaza on Friday. The tournament, a tribute to Muslim boxing champion Muhammad Ali, began with 24 boxers...

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August 16, 2016

Israeli plans for settlements expansion in West Bank

Israeli authorities have laid down the groundwork for a “strategic settlement plan” in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and a huge settlement expansion southeast of Jerusalem, Haaretz...

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August 16, 2016

Russia: Joint military operation with US to begin in Aleppo soon

The US and Russia are to begin joint action to fight terrorists in Aleppo, Syria, Moscow’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced yesterday. Russia Today quoted Shoigu saying that Russia...

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August 16, 2016

The Obama Doctrine is ravaging the Middle East

Everyone seems to have a theory on how to obliterate Daesh. However, two points are rarely raised: one, concerning the origins of the group and the second, on whether...

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August 15, 2016

Video game maker Navid Khonsari on revolution and the Islamic Republic of Iran

The images above are screenshots of the video game, “1979 Revolution: Black Friday”. It’s 1978 in Iran. The Iranian Revolution that will eventually unseat the US-backed Shah and change the...
August 15, 2016

Dreaming of Freedom: Palestinian child prisoners speak

Ayman Abbasi was beaten so badly when he was arrested his parents could barely recognise their son at the court hearing. He was held at Almaskoubia interrogation centre, released...

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August 15, 2016

European secularism and the imposition of standards for Turkish secularism

Secularism in Turkey didn’t have a natural birth. It was neither the product of a social conflict between the clerics and the politicians, nor the result of a conflict...

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August 15, 2016

UNDP denies Israeli accusations against its employee in Gaza

UNDP rejected Israeli claims that its employee Waheed Al-Borsh, from the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia, violated the organisation’s principles and exploited his positon to aid Hamas;...

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