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January 21, 2016

Israeli minister calls for independent Kurdistan

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has called for the establishment of an independent Kurdish state, Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported. “We must openly call for the establishment of a...

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January 21, 2016

Pentagon: US to deploy more troops in Iraq

The U.S.-led anti-Daesh effort will increase the number of troops in Iraq that will train more Iraqi fighters ahead of a Mosul operation, a coalition spokesman said Wednesday. “That’s...

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January 21, 2016

US pessimistic about Syria talks

While not optimistic, the U.S. believes talks on Syria should still take place later this month, a spokesman said Wednesday. The U.S. hopes the meeting takes place Jan. 25...

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January 21, 2016

Tourists shun Egypt in wake of Russian plane crash

A few months ago, Khaled Hassanien was working with a travel agency, but he was laid off after a Russian passenger plane went down after taking off from Egypt’s...

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January 21, 2016

Is Iraq’s Kurdish region seeking independence?

Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional government (KRG) has recently been digging trenches from Rabia, near the Syrian border west of Mosul, to the outskirts of the eastern province of Diyala....

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January 20, 2016

Social media exposes moral bankruptcy of Assad and allies

Echoing the catastrophic state of affairs of the Syrian people in Madaya (outskirts of Damascus), on January 6, a Syrian girl decided to write her will instead of writing...

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January 20, 2016

What’s still wrong with the ‘War on Terror’?

President Barack Obama’s final “State of the Union” speech to the US Congress addressed some controversial issues. In particular, though, when it came to US policy in the Middle...

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January 20, 2016

Ban on Rabaa sign fails to dispirit Egypt’s revolutionaries

An Egyptian government move to outlaw a four-fingered salute — used by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to commemorate hundreds of demonstrators killed in 2013 — has failed...

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January 20, 2016

Arab MKs boycott Netanyahu’s speech

Arab MKs yesterday boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in commemoration of 67th anniversary of the Knesset, the Anadolu Agency reported. Arab MK Osama Sa’adi told Anadolu: “We...

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January 20, 2016

Al-Qeq to appear in Israeli court after 56 days on hunger strike

The Israeli Supreme Court will hold a hearing regarding Palestinian hunger striking journalist Muhammed Al-Qeq’s detention on 25 February. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority said, in a statement issued...

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