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March 18, 2015

Kurds mark 27 years since chemical attack amid fresh allegations of chlorine gas

Twenty-seven years ago on Monday, an estimated 5,000 Kurds perished in one of the world’s worst chemical attacks. In 1988, the Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq, close to...

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March 18, 2015

The transcendence of religion over politics: Lessons from Egypt

I must begin by stating that any critical approach to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt must be accompanied by an important correction of the impression promoted by its opponents...

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March 18, 2015

Muslim scholars call for Yemenis to support President Hadi

International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) yesterday called for the Yemenis to support President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, warning them against appealing to external powers to help them, alamatonline.net...

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March 18, 2015

UK Minister: We should not be ‘hasty’ to judge new Israeli government’s policies

Today was the last chance before UK elections on 7 May for MPs to raise the issue of Palestine in the House of Commons. UK government action is crucial...

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March 18, 2015

Kurdish official: Shia militias more dangerous than ISIS

The head of the Intelligence Service in Iraqi Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani, has expressed concerns about the role that Iranian-backed Shia militias are playing in the fight alongside the Iraqi...

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March 18, 2015

8 killed in Tunis museum attack

At least eight people, including seven tourists, were killed in an attack by gunmen on a local museum in the Tunisian capital, the interior ministry said today. As-yet-unidentified gunmen...

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March 18, 2015

Syrian Brotherhood condemns Kerry’s call for talks with Assad

Leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Walid yesterday condemned calls by US Secretary of State John Kerry for talks to be held with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad,...

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March 18, 2015

Turkey PM: Talks with Assad like handshake with Hitler

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday that negotiating with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad is inexcusable and likened it to negotiating with Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. The Anadolu...

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March 18, 2015

The Wanted 18: Palestinian dreams, Israeli nightmares

The period of 1987-1991 marked one of the most explosive and unsettling times for Palestinians living under the Israeli occupation. Known ubiquitously as the First Intifada, or “uprising”, these...

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March 18, 2015

Change starts here: the Human Rights Watch Film Festival

“Films always bring this personal, individual narrative to the story, which I don’t think you find so easily elsewhere,” comments Andrea Holley, strategic director of the Human Rights Watch...

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