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December 22, 2015

Negotiations to release last eight Algerian detainees in Guantanamo

Algeria and the US are undergoing negotiations to release the final eight Algerian detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Louh announced yesterday. “We are continuing with...

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December 22, 2015

Saudi condemns Houthi ceasefire breach

Saudi Arabia yesterday condemned Yemen’s Houthi rebels’ violation of the ceasefire saying these acts do not serve the efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Yemeni conflict. The...

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December 22, 2015

Official: Abadi agreed to deployment of US ground troops in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi agreed to deploy US ground troops in Iraq, spokesman for the US-led international coalition, Colonel Steve Warren, announced yesterday. “Any operation or forces deployed...

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December 21, 2015

Fatah’s upcoming conference and the Dahlan phenomenon

The information available from within Fatah suggests that the committees concerned with the conference are preparing to hold the movement’s seventh general conference soon, after it was postponed in...

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December 21, 2015

The Syrian quagmire

When Russia began its campaign of airstrikes in Syria in September, Vladimir Putin said that his country would only target “terrorists”, primarily jihadist militants from the Daesh group. Yet...

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December 21, 2015

Denmark adopts laws that, paradoxically, threaten to erode the rule of law

The public debates on Denmark’s newly-approved asylum policies are red hot. One of the new economic moves to curb asylum “pressure” is a controversial plan to strip refugees of...

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December 21, 2015

More than 43,600 disabled people in Gaza

Some 43,642 people are living with disabilities in the Gaza Strip, 2.4 per cent of the enclave’s population, a report issued by the Palestinian Medical Relief Society and the...

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December 21, 2015

Egypt economy likely to slow as inflation bites

The Egyptian economy is tabled for slower growth as high inflation dogs consumers, analysts said. “Inflation is above peers and is forecast to remain near 10 per cent, with...

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December 21, 2015

Israel shells positions inside southern Lebanon

The Israeli military on Sunday evening shelled several positions inside Lebanon after a number of rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, according to a Lebanese security...

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December 21, 2015

PLO to cut relations with Israel

PLO Secretary Saeb Erekat said yesterday that diplomatic relations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel will officially come to an end at the start of 2016, Palsawa.com has...

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