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January 12, 2015

Egypt cancels planned opening of Rafah crossing

Egyptian authorities today announced that they have cancelled the scheduled opening of the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Sinai, officials said. Director of Gaza Crossings Maher Abu...

News
January 12, 2015

Has Nidaa Tounes been scorched with the fire of power before even exercising it?

Observes have anticipated that the intensity of the internal dispute within the Nidaa Tounis party will escalate during the coming days. Political analyst and writer Salahuddin Al-Jurshi told Arabi21...

Article
January 12, 2015

Freedom of speech is a French myth

Years of taunts, insults and humiliating caricatures of the revered Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and immigrants, by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has resulted in what the...

Blog
January 12, 2015

Palestinian factions in Gaza convene in emergency meeting

Palestinian parties from across the political spectrum convened in Gaza City for an emergency meeting called for by the Islamic movement Hamas. The meeting was called for in order...

News
January 12, 2015

How did the House of Saud respond to revolutionary spirit sweeping the Arab world?

How did the House of Saud respond to the revolutionary spirit sweeping the Arab world in 2011? Just like their playboy sons dancing in the nightclubs of London, who...

Article
January 12, 2015

UAE announces appeals process for groups on terror blacklist

The UAE announced yesterday how organisations listed on the terror blacklist, which was issued two months ago and included 83 groups, can appeal against the decision to include them,...

News
January 12, 2015

Palestine accession to Rome Statute and other international instruments

Last January, the United Nations Secretary General issued a note indicating that the Rome Statute, the treaty that establishes the International Criminal Court (ICC), will enter into force as...

Article
January 12, 2015

Iraq is worse than ever before, so what was the invasion and war all for?

In March 2003 the US-led invasion of my country, Iraq, began. I remember sitting in front of the TV watching as the bombs rained down on Baghdad; my parents...

Article
January 12, 2015

Kuwait jails former minister of information

Kuwaiti authorities arrested the co-founder of Al-Aan online newspaper and former Information Minister Saad Bin Tefla Al-Ajmi over an article criticising the use of state funds, his lawyer said....

News
January 12, 2015

Reports of Meshaal’s departure ‘untrue’: Qatar FM

Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled Bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah has dismissed reports that his country had asked Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal to leave, while also stressing that there was no conflict...

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