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June 17, 2016

Egypt recovers two artefacts seized by Israel

The Egyptian Antiquities Authority announced yesterday its recovery of two ancient artefacts dating back to the time of the pharaohs that had been seized by Israel. In a statement the ministry said: “Two...

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June 17, 2016

French Middle East peace envoy in Egypt for talks

The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received France’s special envoy for the Middle East peace initiative Pierre Vimont on Wednesday. A ministry statement said Shoukri explained his country’s vision to encourage...

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June 17, 2016

Official: Saudi Arabia puts new banking measures in place for Lebanese workers

Saudi Arabia has taken new measures concerning bank transfers made by Lebanese workers to their country, Lebanese Chamber of Commerce Chairman Mohammed Shuqair said. Shuqair explained in a statement...

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June 17, 2016

Russia uses phosphorus, vacuum bombs in Aleppo

Russian warplanes are reported to have used phosphorous and vacuum bombs against targets in Syria’s opposition held province of Aleppo. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported local sources as saying that,...

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June 17, 2016

The road to reconciliation in Doha is mined with ‘Noes’

The tenth anniversary of the Palestinians’ political split coincides with ongoing meetings between Hamas and Fatah in Doha, which have been confirmed by Abbas Zaki, a member of the...

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June 17, 2016

Daesh and Netanyahu share the ‘clash of civilisations’ narrative

President Barack Obama was uncharacteristically agitated as he unleashed an attack on Donald Trump in his speech following the murderous atrocity in Orlando. He denounced the presumptive Republican presidential...

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June 17, 2016

More than 50 State Deptartment officials want strikes on Assad

Fifty-one State Department officials have signed an internal memo calling for the U.S. to take military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a bid to force regime change...

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June 17, 2016

The US and Russia are breaking up the Syrian opposition

Russia’s intervention in Syria at the end of September last year was not far from the Putin-Obama understandings; it was related to the war on terrorism. The UN and...

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June 16, 2016

Why did Mahmoud Abbas turn against Hamas?

On the anniversary of Palestine’s political division, all fingers are being pointed at Hamas, by those writing for the first time as well as the veterans who know the...

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June 16, 2016

Gaza’s activists tweet to end internal divisions

A group of 30 social media activists in Gaza gathered on the evening of 14 June and launched a campaign to mark the ninth anniversary of the Palestinian political...

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