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February 15, 2015

Houthis open fire on protest in Yemen’s Ibb

Militants from Yemen’s Shia Houhti movement on Sunday opened fire on an anti-Houthi demonstration in the central Ibb province, a security source has said. “Houthi militants opened fire on dozens of...

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February 14, 2015

Obituary: Naseer H. Aruri

Palestine and The Arab World lost an eminent academic scholar, an internationally recognised and highly respected intellectual, a committed and unwavering Palestinian patriot and a progressive Arab nationalist. Dr....

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February 14, 2015

Reports: Former chief of Saudi Royal Court under house arrest

A Saudi news website, Al-Khalij Al-Jadeed, reported on Friday that the former chief of the Saudi Royal Court, Khalid Al-Tuwaijri, has not left the country and is still being...

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February 14, 2015

700 artists announce a cultural boycott of Israel

Over 700 British artists, from the worlds of literature, film, stage and music, have pledged to boycott Israel “as long as the state continues to deny basic Palestinian rights.”...

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February 14, 2015

Luxembourg upgrades Palestinian mission to embassy status

Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister, Jean Asselborn, announced on Friday that his country has upgraded Palestine’s representation in the country to embassy status, Luxembourg Wort has reported. Asselborn announced the decision...

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February 14, 2015

Targeting Al Wefaq: The shrinking space for political opposition in Bahrain

On 25 February, Sheikh Ali Salman will return to a Bahraini court to face charges related to his work as the Secretary-General of Bahrain’s largest opposition party, The Al...

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February 14, 2015

Saudi denies designating Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists

A former member of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, Ahmed Al-Twijri, has denied that the kingdom ever designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. The lawyer insisted that the...

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February 14, 2015

Blair makes yet another trip to Egypt for peace talks

The Middle East Quartet’s Peace Envoy, Tony Blair, arrived in Cairo on Friday evening to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and the security situation across the region, Anadolu news...

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February 14, 2015

Obama denounces ‘brutal and outrageous’ Chapel Hill murders

President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the “brutal and outrageous murders” of three Muslim-Americans in the US state of North Carolina. “No one in the United States of America should ever...

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February 14, 2015

Israel to install cameras on Egypt border fence

The Israeli authorities are to install security cameras and radar on the border fence it shares with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Maariv newspaper has reported. The move has been prompted...

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