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December 24, 2014

UN: 290 historical sites damaged in Syrian war

Satellite images show that 290 sites classified as cultural heritage sites have been damaged during the war in Syria, the United Nations announced. In a report issued by the...

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December 24, 2014

Hamas: No side must be excluded when governing Gaza’s borders

Hamas said that any committee formed by the Palestinian unity government to take over control of Gaza’s border crossings must be formed as a “partnership”. The movement’s spokesperson Fawzy...

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December 24, 2014

Algeria sends 200 tonnes aid to south Libya

The Algerian Red Crescent yesterday provided nearly 200 tonnes of food aid for the victims of the tribal conflict in southern Libya, the Director of the Libyan Red Crescent...

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December 24, 2014

The Palestinian presidency must withdraw its project

If the aim behind promoting a draft resolution for the recognition of a Palestinian state is to recognise the Palestinian-ness of the land and undermine the legitimacy of settlement...

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December 24, 2014

Abbas: We will end all dealings with Israel if we fail in UNSC

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened yesterday to stop all dealings with Israel “if the Arab-Palestinian initiative submitted to the Security Council to put an end to the occupation...

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December 24, 2014

Egyptian tortured to death in military prison

The family of Abdul Rahman Kamal are suing the National Security Services and the head of investigations unit at the 6 October City police station of kidnapping their son...

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December 24, 2014

Egypt to free jailed Jazeera journalists: Newspaper

A Qatari newspaper on Wednesday expected Egyptian authorities to release three Al Jazeera reporters – now in jail in Egypt – through a presidential amnesty. Qatari newspaper Al-Arab quoted...

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December 24, 2014

Israel: Tens of Israeli Arabs joined ISIS

“Only” tens of Israeli Arabs had joined the Islamic State (ISIS), Israeli radio reported Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon as saying yesterday. Ya’alon said: “The phenomenon of joining ISIS is...

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December 24, 2014

Israel to drill for oil in occupied Syrian Golan

Israel has approved an exploratory oil drilling programme in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, at a time when the unrest in Syria has meant that no party is fully...

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December 24, 2014

Oil price drop causes $43bn cut in Iraq’s budget

Iraq’s budget for 2015 has fallen to $100 billion due to the ongoing drop in oil prices, according to a member of the country’s parliamentary finance committee. On Tuesday,...

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