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November 3, 2015

MENA defence spending is rising but is security increasing?

In addition to highlighting the poor oversight of armed forces in the Middle East, including secret defence budgets and lack of legitimacy and transparency, a recent report from British...

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November 3, 2015

Nidaa Tounes loses its moral legitimacy

We learned in school that politics is the management of people’s affairs, and that a politician’s value increases amongst their citizens when they are closer to the people or...

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November 3, 2015

72 Iraqi MPs threaten to export Basra’s oil independently

Some 72 Iraqi members of parliament yesterday demanded that the oil-rich province of Basra be given financial independence and called for an end to discrimination between the southern province...

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November 3, 2015

Interview with Ru Freeman: “You can’t let words be co-opted by a certain group”

As Iberia flight 3316 approached Ben Gurion airport last week the pilot provoked fury on board when he announced the aircraft’s imminent arrival in Palestine. One passenger summed up...
November 3, 2015

Propaganda against Casablanca rally serves Zionism and Israel

Several political, ideological and cultural disagreements in Morocco have led parties, groups and social movements to polarise. While the heat of the recent local and regional election results has...

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November 3, 2015

‘Pro-regime media misled Egyptian public opinion’

The head of the National Council for Women of Egypt, Ambassador Mervat Tallawy said the pro-regime media has misled public opinion and interfered in voters’ choice. Speaking during a...

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November 3, 2015

Protests against British intervention in Syria

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the UK last night in rallies to protest against British military intervention in Syria ahead of parliamentary vote on whether Britain...

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November 3, 2015

Sisi slams journalists over criticism of flood response

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi slammed journalists who criticised the government’s response to flooding in Alexandria last week when five people were killed. “I see people do not understand...

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November 3, 2015

Why did Esraa El-Taweel weep? Her father answers

“Why did Esraa today weep and make us weep?” It was with this question that the father of detained Egyptian activist Esraa El-Taweel started his long blog which was...

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November 3, 2015

Early results from Sinai crash black boxes made public

The initial examination of two black boxes retrieved from the Russian aircraft which crashed in Sinai on Saturday showed that it was not exposed to external interference. Nor, the...

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