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March 6, 2015

Arms dealer arrested in Tunisia

The Tunisian Ministry of Interior announced yesterday that its units have arrested an Italian arms dealer who entered into a huge arms deal with Libyan partners on Tunisian territory....

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March 6, 2015

Kerry: ‘Military pressure’ may be needed to topple Assad

Military pressure may be needed to topple Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday. “He’s lost any semblance of legitimacy, but we have no...

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March 6, 2015

Turkey-Qatar agree to military cooperation

New agreement between Turkey and Qatar permits the deployment of joint troops in both countries Brat Junkar, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Turkish Parliament, has explained...

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March 6, 2015

The ISIS Conundrum

Ever since the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), or simply “Islamic State”, stormed onto our television screens and twitter feeds last summer,...

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March 6, 2015

Exclusive Interview with Vice President of the Syrian National Coalition Hisham Marwah

A “roadmap” for Syria drafted by the Syrian National Coalition, Syria’s main political opposition body based in Istanbul, and the National Coordination Committee, an opposition group based in Damascus,...
March 6, 2015

Israel is losing the debate – in more ways than one

Last night, I participated in a debate at the Cambridge Union on ‘This House Believes Israel is a Rogue State.’ Speaking alongside Ghada Karmi and Norman Finkelstein for the...

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March 6, 2015

Peter Oborne: HSBC closures of pro-Palestinian accounts part of US ‘attack on democracy’

In December, Peter Oborne, then the chief political commentator at The Telegraph wrote a long, thorough and well-researched piece with Alex Delmar-Morgan about several prominent British Muslims whose bank...

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March 6, 2015

Gaza’s power plant shuts down

Gaza’s only power plant closed yesterday as a result of financial disputes with the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority over fuel tax, according to the Hamas-run Electricity Authority. The Electricity...

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March 6, 2015

Saudi woman to get 200 lashes after being raped

A woman who was violently gang raped in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail after being found guilty of indecency and talk...

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March 6, 2015

Official data: most Palestinian workers have no contract, paid less than Israelis

The number of Palestinians from the West Bank working in the Israeli economy has doubled in the past four years. The new official Israeli data also confirms a significant...

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