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January 28, 2015

Simon Norfolk on war, imperialism and photographing both in Afghanistan

Photographer Simon Norfolk‘s best known photograph is of the shell of a tea house in Afghanistan. A balloon seller is set against the back drop of the ruined building....

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January 28, 2015

Former Jordanian crown prince calls on international community to support UNRWA

Former Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan Bin Talal expressed his deep concerns regarding the reports that UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, had suspended aid to thousands of...

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January 28, 2015

Turkish-Saudi relations and the Emirati lobby

The deterioration in relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia as a result of the military coup in Egypt was obvious for all to see. However, relations between the two...

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January 28, 2015

US Senate Democrat delays vote on Iran sanctions bill

A top US Democrat Senator announced Tuesday that he is temporarily withholding support for a draft bill imposing further sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Democratic Senator Bob...

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January 28, 2015

Djibouti calls on the African Union to take ‘strong decisions’ in Palestine’s favour

Djibouti’s foreign minister demanded the African Union (AU) take strong and clear decisions in favour of the Palestinian cause. The comments came during a closeddoor session of the AU’s...

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January 28, 2015

Houthi leader calls for meeting to take ‘historic’ decisions

Leader of the Houthi rebels in Yemen Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi yesterday called for a meeting in Sanaa to “review the internal political and security situation” and to take “important, historic...

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January 28, 2015

Israeli rights group questions the legality of targeting Palestinian homes in Gaza war

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has released a report which questions the legality of Israel’s policy of targeting dozens of Palestinian homes during last summer’s war in Gaza –...

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January 28, 2015

‘Israel should await Iran’s response’

Iran has officially informed the United States that Israel crossed a “red line” with the airstrike which killed an Iranian general in Syria last week, Iran’s news agency reported...

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January 28, 2015

Iranian official likens Yemen’s Houthis to Hezbollah in Lebanon

The Shia Houthi group in Yemen is “similar” to Hezbollah in Lebanon, a representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards said....

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January 28, 2015

UNRWA and the next explosion of violence against Gaza

By international donor standards $720 million is small change. Yet, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has only managed to...

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