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August 3, 2016

‘Poison gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter was downed’

A Syrian rescue service which operates in opposition held areas said on Tuesday that a helicopter dropped containers of poison gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian...

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August 3, 2016

Moroccan expatriates ‘should be allowed to vote in elections’

A Moroccan organisation concerned with expatriate affairs has called on the government in Rabat to allow five million Moroccans living and working overseas to participate in the legislative elections...

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August 3, 2016

Tunisia’s Ennahda forms committee to negotiate new government

Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said on Monday that it has formed a committee headed by Secretary General Zied Ladhari to negotiate the membership of the new cabinet. According to a...

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August 3, 2016

Russia slams US strikes against Daesh in Libya

The Russian ambassador in Libya has criticised the US air strikes against Daesh sites in the city of Sirte. According to Ivan Molotkov, such attacks “lack legal grounds,” Russia’s...
August 3, 2016

Turkey sends second request for Gülen extradition from the US

Turkey’s justice minister has revealed that a second letter has been sent to the United States for the extradition of Fethullah Gülen. The Turkish cleric lives in self-imposed exile...

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August 3, 2016

‘Egypt must release MPs before resuming membership of Inter-Parliamentary Union’

A Swiss human rights activist of Tunisian origin, Anwar Al-Maghribi, has said that Egypt’s efforts to rejoin the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) face many obstacles, not least of which is...

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August 2, 2016

Qatar to pay salaries of 23,800 civil servants in Gaza

Qatar will pay the salaries of civil servants in the Gaza Strip, the Head of the National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi, said. A total...

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August 2, 2016

Report: Turkey coup junta risked civil war

The fact the military junta in Turkey went ahead with the coup attempt in spite of being given orders not to “indicates they were zealous ‘crusaders’ willing even to...

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August 2, 2016

The Gulf War revisited

On 2 August 26 years ago, Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait in the early hours of the morning and, by the afternoon of the same day, had concluded decisively the...

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August 2, 2016

My Response to Bill Clinton: On (My) Liberty and (Your) America

Donald Trump wants to keep us out of the country altogether. But Bill Clinton, former president and husband of a Democratic presidential nominee, does not mind us staying, as...

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