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September 8, 2015

Egyptian minister arrested on allegations of corruption

Egyptian authorities yesterday arrested the country’s Minister of Agriculture Salah Helal, after he was asked to resign in connection to an investigation into corruption, security officials said. A security...

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September 8, 2015

Canada refuses to send army planes to rescue Syrian refugees

Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander yesterday rejected a proposal by Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau to send Canadian military planes with security and immigration officials to Jordan,...

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September 7, 2015

Will Sisi really prevent potential emigration?

Commenting on the image of the drowned Syrian child who was washed up on the Turkish coast, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has said that he will protect Egyptians...

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September 7, 2015

Hamas’ diplomatic activism: Modified strategies and new alliances

Many observers saw a potential breakthrough in Tony Blair’s recent meeting with the head of Hamas’ political bureau Khaled Meshaal that may take Hamas out of the bottleneck and...

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September 7, 2015

Bashar’s fate following the nuclear deal

Before the Iranian nuclear deal, the situation in the Middle East was completely different than it is after it. Although it has only been weeks since the nuclear deal...

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September 7, 2015

Egypt dissolves 57 NGOs for Brotherhood links

Egyptian authorities have dissolved 57 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood. In a statement issued today, Social Security Minister Ghada Wali said that the NGOs...

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September 7, 2015

Palestinians warn of Egyptian plan to flood Gaza border

Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip have warned of the dangers of an Egyptian plan to flood the Egypt-Gaza border with seawater in an effort to destroy cross-border tunnel...

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September 7, 2015

Daesh takes Assad regime’s final oilfield

Daesh fighters have taken control of the last oilfield held by the Syrian government, a rights group reported today. The Jazal field was shut down and clashes were ongoing...

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September 7, 2015

Baghdad blasts Doha’s ‘Iraq reconciliation’ conference

Iraq’s foreign ministry has voiced its displeasure over a conference held last week in Qatar devoted to “national reconciliation” in Iraq, saying the event constituted “blatant interference” in Iraq’s...

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September 7, 2015

Report: One-third of Palestinian minors in Israeli jails are Jerusalemites

About one third of the 200 Palestinian minors detained in Israeli jails come from the occupied city of Jerusalem, some 13 years old or younger, a Palestinian rights centre...

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