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April 30, 2015

Malaysia denies claim Hamas training students in borders

Malaysia has denied Shin Bet’s claims that Hamas has been providing military training for Palestinian students studying at Malaysian universities. Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar told the...

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April 30, 2015

Salman’s Generational Change in Saudi Arabia

When the late King Abdullah appointed his half-brother, Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, as deputy crown prince last year, he added an unusual rider. The decree stated: “Nobody can change...

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April 30, 2015

PA sought cancelation of Carter’s visit to Gaza

A well informed Palestinian source said yesterday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had sought the cancelation of the former US President Jimmy Carter’s visit to the Gaza Strip, Quds...

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April 30, 2015

More harsh prison sentences for Egyptian students and opposition figures

The Egyptian courts have continued to issue harsh rulings against political prisoners in a new wave of confrontation between those opposed to the 2013 coup and the judiciary. On...

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April 30, 2015

Israel’s rhetoric and deliberate deprivation of Palestinians prepare for another military offensive

Reports in the Times of Israel have not yet exhausted their Iran-Hamas rhetoric. Coinciding with affirmations that Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif survived an Israeli assassination attempt during Operation...

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April 30, 2015

UN calls for Assad to stop shelling Yarmouk

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the Syrian regime to “immediately” stop shelling the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in the outskirts of Damascus, a statement said. “The...

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April 30, 2015

Possible Turkey-Saudi alliance against Assad is surrounded by hopes and challenges

Multiple reports suggest that Saudi Arabia is holding high-level talks with Turkey to discuss the possibility of creating a joint force with the objective of military intervention in Syrian...

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April 30, 2015

Iran to ask UNSC to support final nuclear deal

Iran is to ask the UN Security Council to support the potential nuclear deal with P5+1 countries, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. The Anadolu Agency reported Mohammad Javad...

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April 30, 2015

Saudi Arabia is helping al-Qaeda invade Syria

Recent events in the war in Syria make for pretty grim reading. The death toll continues to rise, to the point where the UN is no longer seriously counting....

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April 30, 2015

The return of rule by intelligence services

There were moments, days and months even, after the start of the Arab revolutions where many people in the region felt as though the security state era had come...

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