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August 14, 2015

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP: Kholoud El-Desouki, 23, paints using makeup at home. Artists in Gaza have witnessed a shortage in art supplies since the Israeli blockade in 2007, this...

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August 14, 2015

Fatah office reopens in Damascus 33 years after its closure

The Syrian government yesterday reopen the office of Fatah in its capital city of Damascus, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Wafa said that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister...

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August 14, 2015

Washington: Iranian Quds Force official’s visit to Russia violates UNSC resolutions

Washington stressed yesterday that head of the Iranian Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qassem Suleimani’s visit to Russia “is considered a violation of the UN Security Council...

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August 14, 2015

IDF strategy: ‘Israel has no enemy states and Iran is not a threat’

Israel’s main enemies are Islamist organisations that do not constitute a state, including Hamas, Hezbollah and Daesh, however Iran is not a nuclear threat, a new document signed a...

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August 14, 2015

Libya Berber to form Supreme Council to defend their rights

“The Amazigh are preparing to elect a higher council to defend their cultural and linguistic rights as a result of the marginalisation policy practiced against them by the successive...

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August 14, 2015

3.5m tourists visit Morocco in five months

The number of foreign tourists who visited Morocco during the first five months of 2015 has reached nearly 3.5 million, a fall of 1.1 per cent compared to the...

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August 14, 2015

Arab states and Syria: What’s behind the conciliatory gestures?

The Syrian crisis is witnessing a growing political dynamism that is not solely American and Russian, but also Arab. It is even distinctively Arab. The mufti of the Assad...

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August 14, 2015

Sweden grants temporary asylum to 40 war crimes suspects

A report by the Swedish Migration Agency has revealed that the government in the Scandinavian country has granted temporary residence to 40 asylum seekers who are suspected of having...

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August 14, 2015

Hamas briefs Palestinian factions over Blair peace efforts

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has held several meetings with various factions to brief them on recent efforts by Britain’s ex-Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to reach a ceasefire...

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August 14, 2015

Egyptian policeman gets 5 years in prison for killing 37 prisoners

The Khanka Misdemeanour Court of Appeals sentenced a police officer to five years hard labour on Thursday having found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter and extreme negligence over the...

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