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July 3, 2015

Tunisia shouldn’t make the same counter-terrorism mistakes as the West

The shock of the massacre in Sousse was such that we should not be surprised at the all-party call to support the Tunisian army and security services. Security and...

Blog
July 3, 2015

When conscience fails, children suffer

Arthur is a boy living in the West. Arthur is healthy and his family looks after him very well. Even if he gets ill, there is a hospital near...

Article
July 3, 2015

Defending Riyadh with weapons of mass destruction

As predicted, an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme was not reached by the 30 June deadline and the delegates at the G5+1 talks gave themselves an extra...

Article
July 3, 2015

Hamas denies forming militant group to harm Arab countries

Hamas yesterday denied what it described as “Israeli allegations” that the movement’s leaders abroad were forming armed cells and planning attacks against their host countries. The group’s spokesman Husam...

News
July 3, 2015

‘The Iraqis have always defended the Palestinians’: A conversation with Yousif Naser

Exile and war have long been dominant themes in the work of Iraqi artist Yousif Naser; pain and death rendered in large, black strokes, a chaotic jumble of eerie...

Reviews
July 3, 2015

UNESCO classes Sanaa as heritage sites in danger

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) yesterday added the Old City of Sanaa and the Old Walled City of Shibam...

News
July 3, 2015

Israeli soldier kills Palestinian teen on his way to Al-Aqsa

A senior Israeli army officer shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian early Friday morning by the Separation Wall near Qalandiya checkpoint. According to Palestinian sources, Mohammad Kasbeh was killed by...

News
July 3, 2015

Israel calls for alliance with ‘moderate’ Arab countries to fight ‘Islamic terrorism’

An Israeli minister yesterday called for the formation of an alliance with “moderate” Arab states to fight what he called “Islamic terrorism”. In a statement quoted on local radio,...

News
July 3, 2015

Blair in Cairo to discuss the peace process, lifting the Gaza siege

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with the former President of the International Quartet Committee, Tony Blair, on Wednesday to discuss developments on the Palestinian political, security and humanitarian...

News
July 3, 2015

Hamas will not recognise amendments to unity government

Hamas will take decisive political actions in the Gaza Strip if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas introduces ministerial amendments to the unity government formed last year, close sources revealed. The...

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