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April 14, 2015

Tunisia’s Ennahda criticises Egyptian death sentences

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party has called on Egypt to cancel the death sentences against opponents of the regime in Cairo, including members and officials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Quds Press...

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April 14, 2015

UNESCO chief slams destruction of ancient city of Nimrud

syrThe director-general of UNESCO has condemned the destruction of the ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq by ISIS militants. “I condemn this mad, destructive act that accentuates the horror...

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April 14, 2015

Thousands of Europeans have joined ISIS in Syria

Thousands of Europeans have travelled to Syria to join ISIS, the EU Commissioner for Justice has revealed. “At the European level, we estimate that 5,000 to 6,000 individuals have...

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April 14, 2015

Putin lifts ban on delivery of missile systems to Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lifting a ban imposed on the delivery of S-300 missile systems to Iran, the Kremlin has revealed. “The presidential decree lifts...

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April 14, 2015

Israel intensifies efforts to find soldiers held by Hamas

Israel has intensified efforts to search for its soldiers who were captured by Hamas during last summer’s Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian newspaper Al-Resalah reported yesterday. Al-Resalah...

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April 14, 2015

UN to vote on sanctions against Yemen’s Houthis

The UN Security Council will vote today on a draft resolution which calls for those involved in Yemen’s Shia Houthi insurgency to be blacklisted, diplomatic sources said. If adopted,...

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April 14, 2015

Al-Shami: The Houthi wounded in Yemen, died in Tehran and buried in Beirut next to Mughniyah

The Southern District of Beirut yesterday witnessed the burial of the spiritual leader of the Houthis Abdel-Malek Al-Shami who died of injuries he sustained in Yemen. He was buried...

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April 13, 2015

HRW report highlights mistreatment of children in Israeli settlement farms

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a report entitled: “Ripe for Abuse: Palestinian Child Labour in Israeli Agricultural Settlements in the West Bank”. The 74-page report is based upon...

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April 13, 2015

Iran’s policy of patience and foresight

We have to admit that Iran is a cunning, intelligent and, perhaps, evil political player. Over the past 13 years — that’s how long the negotiations between the West...

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April 13, 2015

The rise of ISIS is a symptom, not a cause, of Libya’s woes

In the early hours of Monday morning, a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. A few hours before that, gunmen...

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