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  • May 8, 2016

    Turkish army destroys Daesh rocket launchers in Syria

    The Turkish Armed Forces destroyed three rocket launchers and three cars and “neutralised” a total of 55 Daesh terrorists in northern Syria on Saturday evening, according to military sources. Speaking...

  • May 8, 2016

    Long-serving Saudi oil minister replaced

    Saudi Arabia’s long-serving oil minister was removed from his post Saturday, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Ali Al-Naimi, 81, had been a leading opponent of lowering oil production...

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  • May 8, 2016

    Three Spanish journalists released in Syria

    Three Spanish journalists were released in northern Syria on Saturday, Spanish media said. The trio – Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre – were freed in Aleppo...

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  • May 8, 2016

    Palestine’s Raed Salah begins 9-month prison term

    Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel and Palestinian resistance icon, began a nine-month jail term Sunday after being convicted earlier by an Israeli court for...

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  • May 8, 2016

    Warak dawali

    Just like most Arab dishes, the way grape leaves are prepared differs not only from one country to another, but also from one household to another. Even the name of the dish...

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  • May 7, 2016

    A bird’s-eye view – Abdelwahab Elmessiri’s views on secularism

    The third annual lecture to honour the memory, scholarship and achievement of the late Egyptian thinker. Click here to register your free ticket Details: Date: May 11 2016 Time: 6:00 pm...

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  • May 7, 2016

    Egypt court refers cases of 6 accused of spying to mufti

    A court on Saturday referred the cases of six people accused of spying for Qatar – including two Al-Jazeera journalists – to the grand mufti, Egypt’s highest religious authority,...

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  • May 7, 2016

    Three children die in Gaza blaze

    Three children died in a fire which destroyed their home in Gaza’s Shati on Friday night. The fire started when the children were lighting candles in their room. Residents...

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  • May 7, 2016

    Israeli warplanes strike southern Gaza Strip

    Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes early Saturday in the southern Gaza Strip, although no casualties were reported, according to eyewitnesses. The first raid targeted agricultural land in the...

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  • May 7, 2016

    Brotherhood officials suffer under chronic prison conditions

    The physical appearance of three prominent Muslim Brotherhood officials have changed beyond recognition as a result of the chronic prison conditions in which they are being held in Egypt,...

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