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  • April 13, 2015

    ERC calls on West to help revoke mass execution orders in Egypt

    The Egyptian Revolution Council (ERC) has today written an open letter to world governments urging them to intervene to revoke the mass execution orders of political opposition figures including...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Syrian regime warplanes target mosque in Idlib

    Syrian regime army planes are reported to have targeted the Great Mosque of Bensh in Idlib province on Sunday, killing one person and causing major damages to the mosque....

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  • April 13, 2015

    Violent clashes erupt across Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria

    Sporadic clashes are reported to have broken out between the Aknaf Bait Al-Maqdes brigades, the largest organised armed Palestinian militia inside the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, and Islamic...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Mass executions and the absence of justice in Egypt

    An Egyptian court has sentenced a group of Muslim Brotherhood officials to death and others to life imprisonment. The case has been dubbed by the media as the “Rabaa...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Saudi tanks approach Yemeni borders

    Saudi tanks positioned themselves along the border with Yemen in a measure considered by some to be preparation for a ground offensive against Houthi militias, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Observers...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Libya’s General Khalifa Haftar arrives in Jordan

    Libya’s Tobruk-backed army chief, Khalifa Haftar, arrived in Jordan on Sunday for a visit to the Hashemite kingdom. It is the first official foreign trip for the renegade general....

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  • April 13, 2015

    Cairo condemns Turkish interference in Egyptian judiciary

    The Egyptian foreign ministry has denounced Turkey’s stance over the latest death penalties issued against 14 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Quds Press reported on Sunday. According...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Middle East peace aim of next Labour government

    Labour Party 2015 Manifesto: “Commitment to universal human rights will be at the heart of our foreign policy across the world.“ The Labour party’s manifesto, released today, states: “Peace...

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  • April 13, 2015

    Yemen, the next strategic blooded quagmire

    The latest statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that for the period from 19 March to 6 April there were 643 deaths in Yemen. Some 334,093 people...

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  • April 13, 2015

    UN chief urges Egypt to listen to its people

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday called on the Egyptian authorities to stop using violence against their people and to listen to their aspirations instead. Ban, speaking in Doha...

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