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September 11, 2014

Hesitant warriors

President Obama addressed his nation on 10 September and announced a widening attack on the Islamic State. In a sombre speech Mr Obama said: “I have made it clear...

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September 11, 2014

‘Terrorists fired from homes’ – says the army that does exactly that

During the brutal attack on the Gaza Strip, one of the Israeli military’s propaganda claims was that Hamas fighters were “shooting from within homes“. The army even dropped leaflets...

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September 11, 2014

Israel: We will grant Palestinian town water in exchange for improving settlement infrastructure

Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Silvan Shalom has told members of the Israeli delegation to the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Water Commission that Israel would approve establishing...

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September 11, 2014

Arab League denies ministers plan to visit Gaza

Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Al-Araby denied reports of a planned visit by an Arab ministerial delegation to Gaza on October 12. In a press statement issued yesterday,...

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September 11, 2014

HRW probe into Gaza war ‘exposed Israel’s lies’: Hamas

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) – in which it accuses Israel of committing war crimes during its recently-ended military onslaught on the Gaza Strip – has...

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September 11, 2014

Tunisia: Convert part of our debt to Italy to ‘investment projects’

Tunisian President Al-Moncef Al-Marzouqi called on Italian authorities to convert part of Tunisia’s debt to Italy into investment projects, a presidential statement said yesterday. Al-Marzouqi met with Italian President...

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September 11, 2014

US embassy in Cairo: Egyptian media spoiling Egypt-US relations

The spokesman of the US Embassy in Cairo Mofid Al-Deek accused the Egyptian media of spoiling Egyptian-American relations by systematically spreading false news about the US. In his opening...

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September 11, 2014

Abbas blocks ICC application. Why?

A curious piece of theatre took place outside the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in the International Criminal Court in The Hague on August 5. This was 28 days into Israel’s...

Article
September 11, 2014

Alliances against ISIS: where is the region going?

Extreme Islamic groups in the Middle East are on the rise and the most prominent of these is ISIS, otherwise known as the Islamic State. ISIS is an organisation...

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September 11, 2014

Sisi orders formation of Sharia-compliant Zakat House

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi has ordered the formation of an independent Zakat House to be supervised by Al-Azhar Grand Imam with the purpose of raising charity funds in accordance...

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