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December 9, 2015

Egypt: Court sentences newspaper journalist to 2 years, fines editor

An Egyptian court has sentenced journalist Mohamed Saad Khattab from Sout Al-Omma newspaper for two years with labour in absentia and fined the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Abdel Halim Qandil 20,000...

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December 9, 2015

Russia and Iran send 40,000 fighters to Syria

Abdul Khaliq Abdullah, a political science professor at UAE University and a political adviser to Abu-Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, has said that Russia and Iran are transferring...

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December 9, 2015

Netanyahu to send envoy to Cairo to discuss natural gas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will send an envoy to Cairo to discuss the International Chamber of Commerce’s ruling on Egypt’s gas exports to Israel. During a session at...

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December 9, 2015

Turkey’s PM threatens to sanction Russia

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that Ankara will impose sanctions against Russia “if necessary”, but added that Turkey remains open to the possibility of talks with Moscow....

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December 9, 2015

Algerian minister reiterated support for UN solution in Libya

Algeria’s Minister for Maghreb Affairs, African Union and the Arab League Abdelkader Messahel has reiterated his country’s support for the United Nations peace efforts in Libya, ignoring an agreement...

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December 9, 2015

Court picture of ousted Egyptian parliamentary speaker sparks outrage

A photograph of ousted Egyptian parliamentary speaker and head of Egypt’s Freedom and Justice party Sa’d Al-Katatni taken during a court hearing yesterday and showing him looking pale and...

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December 9, 2015

Israel confiscates 4,000 Palestinian puppets

Israeli customs officials yesterday confiscated 4,000 puppets wearing Palestinian keffiyeh and holding small stones in a shipment bound for the occupied West Bank, Safa news agency reported. Arabic phrases...

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December 9, 2015

Turkey halts deployment of troops in Iraq, but will not withdraw

Turkey will not deploy more troops to northern Iraq nor will it withdraw those already present in the area, the foreign minister said yesterday. In a telephone conversation with...

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December 9, 2015

Iraq: International action to protect Camp Liberty must be done in coordination with Baghdad

An Iraqi Parliament official said yesterday that any international action to protect Camp Liberty which hosts Iranian opponents must be done in coordination with the Iraqi government in Baghdad....

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December 9, 2015

US university orders student remove Palestinian flag from dorm

George Washington University is threatening to sanction one of its students for hanging a Palestinian flag from his dormitory window. Palestine Legal, a civil-rights group which represents US citizens...

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