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February 21, 2016

GCC backs Saudi move to cut aid to Lebanese army

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has declared its “full support” for a decision announced one day earlier by Saudi Arabia to suspend military aid to the Lebanese army and...

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February 20, 2016

Egypt policeman detained for killing citizen

Prosecutors late Friday arrested a policeman accused of killing a citizen one day earlier near Cairo’s Security Directorate in an incident that has drawn widespread criticism of the Abdel-Fattah...

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February 20, 2016

After 600 airstrikes, British forces have only killed 7 Daesh militants

Britain’s sophisticated air-to-surface Brimstone missiles have not killed any terrorists in Syria so far, although at least nine missiles have been fired. A single missile using radar homing and...

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February 20, 2016

Simon Schama’s Nakba denial

British historian Simon Schama has written a comment piece for the Financial Times on “the left’s problem with Jews”, the main purpose of which is to argue that “anti-Israel...

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February 20, 2016

Hamas finds Israeli devices used to trace tunnels

The leader of Hamas in Gaza, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, announced on Friday that the movement’s military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades, has found electronic devices used by the Israelis...

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February 20, 2016

Syrian regime shrapnel kills AA freelancer in Daraya

Anadolu Agency’s Syrian freelancer Majid Dirani has been killed by Syrian regime forces in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus in the war-torn country, the organization’s Syria correspondent confirmed. According...

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February 20, 2016

Abducted Serbian embassy staff killed in Libya airstrike

Serbia has said it thinks that two abducted officials from its embassy in Libya were killed in a US air strike against Daesh bases Friday. The pair was abducted...

News
February 20, 2016

The US has handed Syria over to Russia and Iran

On just one day last week the situation on the outskirts of northern Aleppo was as follows: Russian jets were striking Syrian opposition military posts on an hourly basis,...

Article
February 20, 2016

Why Russia and the West can’t win in Syria

Ever since the Soviet Union fell, Russia and the US have had an asymmetric relationship. In all its moods – the pendulum has swung from craven pro-Westernism to hostile...

Article
February 20, 2016

US Sunni-Shia balancing act adds to Middle East tensions

On Saturday, 14 February, the Turkish forces began shelling the positions of the Syrian Kurdish militias in the Azaz region, in its surroundings and in Menagh airbase. The Turks...

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