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March 24, 2016

Weekly news round up – 24th March 2016

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March 24, 2016

UN: Syrian regime stops aid reaching Duma, Darya

The Syrian government gave “oral” agreement for humanitarian convoys to head to four besieged areas, but excluded the cities of Duma and Darya, Reuters reported a senior UN official...

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March 24, 2016

Lessons from the Palestinian teachers’ strike

Palestinian teachers have suspended their month-long strike after the PA president and government decided to respond to some of their demands. The majority of teachers joined the action, despite...

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March 24, 2016

Erdogan: Turkey arrested Brussels attacker but Belgium released him

The Brussels attacker was arrested in Turkey and handed over to the Belgian authorities last year, but they released him, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday. Speaking to...

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March 24, 2016

7 killed in clashes between Libya Dawn and Haftar forces

Severe clashes erupted yesterday between Libya Dawn forces, affiliate to the Tripoli government, and militants affiliated to renegade General Khalifa Haftar, who controls Tobruk in the east of the...

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March 24, 2016

Russia lifts ban on airline’s flights to Turkey

Russia has opened up flights to Turkey’s southern resort of Antalya following a ban imposed in the wake of the shooting down of a Russian warplane in November, Russian...

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March 24, 2016

Washington accuses Egypt of scaring politicians, rights activist

US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power yesterday accused the Egyptian authorities of “scaring” politicians and rights activists as well as “violating” human rights, the Anadolu Agency...

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March 24, 2016

Yemen president: Houthis have agreed to implement UN resolution 2216

Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said on Wednesday that UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has informed him that the Houthi rebel group has agreed to implement UN...

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March 24, 2016

Tunisia to enforce state control over all mosques

Spokesperson for the Tunisian government Khalid Shawkat said on Wednesday that all mosques in the country will be controlled through law enforcement. Shawkat said in a statement following a...

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March 24, 2016

The helicopter v the wheelchair

Neither the fact nor the brutal manner of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin’s cruel assassination on 22 March 2004 was surprising, nor was Israel’s indifference to the severe human cost paid...

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