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June 20, 2016

Israel searches for tunnels near Gaza border

Israel yesterday launched a campaign to find tunnels near its borders with the Gaza Strip, the Anadolu Agency reported. Palestinians in the Khan Younis city of Abasan, opposite where...

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June 20, 2016

Refugees have helped the West expand its war on terror

In 2016 up to 150,000 refugees will pass through the West African country of Niger and cross its northern border into Libya or Algeria to catch a boat and...

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June 20, 2016

Palestinians spring into water this Ramadan

Palestinian Nawwaf Al-Souri plunges into Ein As-Sultan spring in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho to escape the heat during Ramadan, the Anadolu Agency reported. Fifty-five-year-old Al-Souri is...

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June 20, 2016

Militia accused of killing 50 people in Iraq prison

An Iraqi tribal leader has accused a pro-government Shia militia of killing 50 Sunni prisoners in northern Iraq. “Around 50 Sunni prisoners were executed by the Hashd al-Shaabi militia...

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June 19, 2016

Weekly News Roundup – 17th June 2016

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June 19, 2016

Fatah, Hamas trade blame for failure of Doha talks

Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have traded blame for the failure of Doha-hosted talks aimed at implementing a 2014 reconciliation agreement. “The Doha talks showed that Hamas was...

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June 19, 2016

Russian defence minister meets Assad in Syria

Russia’s defence minister met with Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad as part of an official visit to the war-torn country, Russia said. According to a Defence Ministry statement issued...

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June 19, 2016

Turkish army destroys Daesh targets in Syria’s north

Turkish army howitzers have destroyed six Daesh targets in northern Syria, military sources said Sunday. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak with the...

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June 19, 2016

Israeli calls for ethnic cleansing grow louder

Israel is a state that owes its very existence to ethnic cleansing, massacres and seemingly perpetual wars. The events of 1947-48 when the state was founded are...

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June 19, 2016

Working in Palestine: perpetual crisis in the Palestinian labour market

As with the latest, largely symbolic, round of “peace talks” sponsored by France, discussion about real life in Palestine is frequently overshadowed by grandstanding and political abstractions. However, while...

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