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January 16, 2016

Netanyahu threatens to ban Muslim prayer call and polygamy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unleashed on Friday a tirade of assaults against the Muslin community in Israel, accusing them of causing noise and violating law through the call...

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January 16, 2016

Houthi kidnappings post-Arab Spring: the story of Dr. Al Guneid

The Arab Spring has brought the plight of many new tribes, religions and even ethnic groups to the discussion platforms of Middle Eastern and North African politics. In Yemen,...

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January 15, 2016

Russia’s Syria intervention revived Assad regime: UK

Russian intervention has revived the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Friday. In remarks made during his official visit to southern Turkey’s Adana province,...

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January 15, 2016

Occurring now in Egypt

The coup led government in Egypt is at the peak of its weakness, even though it does not show it. The hand of oppression, brutality and oppression has extended...

Blog
January 15, 2016

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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January 15, 2016

EU to provide $13m to Palestinians in need

The European Union today announced that it would be sending €12.3 million ($13.4 million) to the Palestinian Authority’s social allowances programme to benefit poor Palestinian families living in the...

News
January 15, 2016

US church’s boycott of Israeli banks shocks and concerns Tel Aviv

Israeli Foreign Ministry officials have expressed surprise at the United Methodist Church’s (UMC) decision to divest from five Israeli banks on the grounds of human rights concerns. Bank Hapoalim,...

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January 15, 2016

Corrupt Egyptian plot to ‘slaughter’ anti-corruption chief

Coup supporters are intensifying their fierce attack on Hisham Genena, who chairs Egypt’s Central Auditing Organisation (CAO), intending to character assassinate him in prelude to sacking him and potentially...

Blog
January 15, 2016

Gaza’s orphans call on Egypt to open crossing

Orphans held a protest in front of the Egyptian Embassy in the Gaza Strip yesterday demanding Cairo open the Rafah crossing which links the besieged enclave to the world...

News
January 15, 2016

Gazans march in support of hunger striking journalist

Dozens of journalists from press agencies and human rights organisations gathered today in a march that started from the Palestinian Legislative Council’s offices in Gaza to the Red Cross...

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