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August 12, 2015

Israel and the arson attack against Al-Aqsa Mosque

Friday, 21 August is the 46th anniversary of the 1969 arson attack against Al-Aqsa Mosque, when it was set on fire by an Australian Jew, Michael Rohan, in coordination...

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August 12, 2015

Who is ruling Iraq?

When the Iraqis took to the streets in 16 of the 18 Iraqi governorates in 2011, the “silent” Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists, invisible to the public, spoke up...

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August 12, 2015

Iraqi officials banned from travelling following corruption charges

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi yesterday prevented government officials accused of corruption from leaving the country. The decision came hours after the Iraqi parliament voted in favour of an...

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August 12, 2015

Zarif: Israel is playing a dangerous game against the Iranian nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday accused Israel of playing a dangerous game against the Iranian nuclear project, calling on the Middle East to “cooperate in order to...

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August 12, 2015

Kurdish minority groups withdraw from drafting constitution

A group of Turkmen and Christian lawmakers in the Kurdish parliament yesterday announced their withdrawal from “the Constitution Drafting Committee”, because of its “failure to achieve their demands”. Member...

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August 12, 2015

Jordan blames Israel for outcomes of desecration of Al-Aqsa

Jordan holds Israel fully responsible for the continuous desecration and violation of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the subsequent actions that result from it, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The official...

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August 12, 2015

Erdogan: ‘We will fight until not one single terrorist remains’

Turkey will continue fighting PKK militants “until not one single terrorist remains”, Felesteen newspaper quoted the country’s president as saying. Reporting AFP, Felesteen reported that Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pledge...

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August 12, 2015

Statement for the People: On the Anniversary of the Day of Life

Below is the full text of a cross-party statement issued by the Egyptian opposition on the anniversary of the Rabia massacre. The second anniversary of Rabia massacre has arrived...

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August 12, 2015

One year on and there is still no end of Daesh in sight

On 8 August last year, Barack Obama authorised airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq. He said that it would only involve “targeted airstrikes to protect our American personnel, and...

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August 12, 2015

Abbas insists on holding PLO leadership meeting in Ramallah

Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah and PLO President Mahmoud Abbas has refused to hold a PLO leadership meeting anywhere but in Ramallah, informed political sources told Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah yesterday....

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