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March 10, 2015

Hamas denies news about a truce proposal

Hamas yesterday denied Israeli reports that it had offered a truce in return for lifting the Israeli siege which has been imposed on Gaza since mid-2007. The Israeli news...

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March 10, 2015

Battle for Tikrit poses questions about Iran’s role in Iraq

The large-scale ground offensive to retake Tikrit from ISIS is being seen to be a turning point in Iraq’s efforts to defeat the group as well as in Iran’s...

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March 9, 2015

Dedicated to the struggles of Palestinian women

Organisers centralised the annual Women’s Day protests this year in order to increase the number of participants into one collective event. The main demonstration was accompanied by smaller localised...

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March 9, 2015

Israel’s ‘moral’ army: expanding settlements, expelling Palestinians

The Israeli army has recently changed the status of West Bank land east of Jerusalem to enable the expansion of Ma’aleh Adumim settlement. The order, signed on 18 January...

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March 9, 2015

The pitiful response of developed countries to the Syrian refugee crisis

In January, Syria crossed another milestone: the country overtook Afghanistan to become the biggest source of refugees in the world. After four years of civil war, more than 200,000...

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March 9, 2015

Saudi Arabia affirms position on Yemen

Saudi Arabia has affirmed that its position on Yemen’s national and regional unity, as well as its independence and sovereignty, remains “constant” in Saudi policy. The comment came in...

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March 9, 2015

Website of Kuwaiti parliament re-launches following ISIS hack

The Kuwaiti parliament announced on Sunday the re-launching of its website after it was briefly hacked by ISIS earlier the same day. In a press statement issued on Sunday,...

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March 9, 2015

Hamas denies Egypt ‘frogman’ claims

Palestinian movement Hamas on Monday denied Egyptian media reports that it was training frogmen to strike “strategic Egyptian targets,” including Egypt’s Mediterranean gas fields. Egyptian state daily Al-Akhbar on...

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March 9, 2015

Saudi Arabia cancels Swedish Foreign Minister’s speech at Arab League

Saudi Arabia has blocked a planned speech by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom to the League of Arab States in Cairo following her criticism of its human rights record,...

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March 9, 2015

159 women killed by ISIS in Syria

Some 159 women have been killed in Syria as a result of the indiscriminate bombing, clashes, and field executions carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS) since the start...

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