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July 7, 2016

Palestinian president slams ‘quartet’ report

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday slammed a recent report issued by the Middle East “quartet” (comprised of the U.S., the UN, the EU and Russia) on the moribund...

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July 7, 2016

Iraq’s Barzani calls for referendum on regional autonomy

Massoud Barzani, president of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, renewed calls on Wednesday for a referendum on the region’s independence from the central government in Baghdad. In a congratulatory...

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July 7, 2016

On Gaza war anniversary, Amnesty slams impunity for war crimes

Two years on from the start of Israel’s unprecedented assault on the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has slammed the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the offensive. In...

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July 6, 2016

UK inquiry: Iraq invaded before peace options exhausted

Britain took part in the 2003 Iraq war on the basis of flawed intelligence and before peaceful options for disarming Saddam Hussein’s regime had been exhausted, a long-awaited inquiry...

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July 6, 2016

Gazans celebrate Eid in tenth year of blockade

Markets in the Gaza Strip witnessed a type of hysteria last night as shoppers prepared for Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim celebration to mark the end of Ramadan. Shoppers picked...

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July 6, 2016

Daesh cell jailed for up to 16 years in Belgium

Four members of a Daesh terrorist cell in Belgium were jailed for up to 16 years each on Tuesday. The cell, based in the eastern city of Verviers, had...

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July 6, 2016

Britain confronts Iraq war past

Most agree it is the families of British servicemen and women killed in the Iraq war who have waited the longest. When John Chilcot appears before television cameras on...

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July 6, 2016

Moscow to lift all restrictions on Turkey

Moscow will lift all restrictions on Turkey imposed in the aftermath of downing of a Russian jet when it violated Turkish airspace last November, Anadolu Agency reported. In an interview...

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July 6, 2016

3,000 Gazans enter Egypt in one week

Almost 3,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip entered Egyptian territory via the Rafah border crossing over the course of the last week, Gaza’s border authority said Tuesday. “In five...

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July 6, 2016

25 killed in bomb attack in northern Syria

Twenty-five people were killed in a bomb attack in northern Syria on Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency. The bomb in the Salihiya neighborhood of provincial capital Al-Hasakah exploded outside a...

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