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April 28, 2015

With the focus turning to Anbar now is not the time to forget about Tikrit

With the capture of Tikrit completed last month, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have turned to Anbar, hoping to capitalise on their recent victory to lever the Sunni dominated province...

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April 28, 2015

IAEA chief: Uncertain about Iran’s undeclared nuclear material, activities

The International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Yukiya Amano said yesterday that his agency was not in a position to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material...

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April 28, 2015

Egypt to expand buffer zone with Gaza

The Egyptian government yesterday expanded a buffer zone along its border with the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab decided to “evacuate homes in the northeastern Rafah city to...

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April 28, 2015

US not opposed to Iranian participation in Syria talks

The US said yesterday that it supports talks that would lead to a political solution in Syria, even if the discussions included Iran. “We support efforts to restart meaningful...

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April 28, 2015

The shock of the Gaza war is still affecting Israel

Since the beginning of this month, Israeli media outlets have been publishing a day by day account of the Gaza war last summer, which mentions the Israeli army’s failures....

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April 28, 2015

The litmus test of Palestine

Something that contributed massively to my own political awakening in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the United States was the work of the brilliant dissident journalist John...

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April 28, 2015

UN inquiry: Israel killed 44 Palestinians at UN sites in Gaza

A UN board of inquiry has concluded that the Israeli army was responsible for seven attacks on UN facilities during last year’s assault on Gaza, strikes that killed 44...

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April 27, 2015

Profile: Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006)

Before he became the most powerful person in the Ba’ath party, Saddam Hussein warned he would make a Stalinist state out of Iraq. True to his word he adopted...

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April 27, 2015

Syrian regime planes strike popular market in Idlib

More than 40 civilians were killed on Sunday when Syrian regime planes targeted a popular market in Idlib province in the north of the country, the Syrian Observatory for...

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April 27, 2015

Iraq: “Made in the USA”

The other day, US President Barack Obama declared that the world should not take Russia too seriously as “Russia doesn’t make anything“. Of course, this was in reference to...

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