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February 22, 2015

Swedish journalist released by Syrian regime forces

A Swedish freelance journalist, who went missing close to an ISIS-controlled area in Syria, was freed on Saturday after being held for a week by Syrian government forces. Joakim...

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February 22, 2015

PA on the verge of collapse, Fatah veteran warns

Leading Fatah member Mohamed Shtayyeh warned Sunday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is “on the verge of collapse” due to its dire financial situation. “The PA’s fiscal situation is...

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February 22, 2015

Sahel militants collect $220mn in ransoms: Algeria NGO

Militant groups active in the African Sahel region have accumulated $220 million in ransoms paid to free westerners they held hostage since 2013, head of an Algerian NGO said...

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February 22, 2015

240 Morsi backers referred to military court in Egypt

Egypt’s prosecution on Saturday referred 240 people to military courts after accusing them of joining the Muslim Brotherhood, burning down a church and a police station in the central...

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February 22, 2015

Yemen’s Hadi holds onto own ‘legitimacy’

Yemen’s resigned President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Saturday insisted that he still was Yemen’s legitimate president. In his first statement from the southern province of Aden following his...

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February 21, 2015

Exclusive interview with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström

In an interview with Christine Petré during a state visit to Tunisia Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström talked about Tunisia’s success story, the Islamist party Ennahda, the recent Swedish...
February 21, 2015

Egyptian Revolutionary Council writes to Obama

Below is the full text of the letter sent to US President Barack Obama, by Maha Azzam, Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC). This text was first published...

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February 21, 2015

Gazan lady operates NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

A Palestinian lady from the Gaza Strip is a leading figure in operating NASA’s Orion Spacecraft and is responsible for software/hardware integration and testing to ensure the spacecraft is...

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February 21, 2015

UN Secretary General seeks action on Syria sieges, barrel bombs

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for urgent action to lift sieges on civilians and to end barrel bomb attacks in Syria, denouncing a business-as-usual approach to...

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February 21, 2015

Lieberman says Israel cannot deal with Hamas – how about Iran?

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Friday that Israel’s inability to deal with Hamas left much speculation on how Israel could deal with Iran. Speaking to the Israeli...

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