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August 26, 2014

Vatican: Middle East conflict not a clash between Islam and Christianity

The Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said that, “What is happening in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq, is not a clash between...

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August 26, 2014

Will Abbas go to the ICC as a plaintiff or a defendant?

There is no doubt that President Mahmoud Abbas will go to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on behalf of the State of Palestine sooner or later, preferably...

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August 26, 2014

Iran says it will arm Palestinians after Israeli spy drone downed

In response to discovering an Israeli drone flying over its nuclear facilities, Iran said it will arm Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, an Iranian military official said. “Tehran...

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August 26, 2014

Washington refuses to comment on report about Egypt and UAE’s role in Libya airstrikes

The US State Department refused on Monday to comment on a New York Timesreport, which quoted senior American officials as saying that Egypt and the UAE were behind the...

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August 26, 2014

Hamas is not ISIS and ISIS is not Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has felt desperate recently with the massive popular criticism of his country’s savage war against the people of the Gaza Strip, which so far...

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August 26, 2014

Al-Moallem: Syria at the heart of the international coalition against the Islamic State

Syria has announced its readiness to cooperate with the international effort to fight the Islamic State, after the US announced that it is considering expanding its operations against the...

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August 26, 2014

UN names third panellist to join Israel war crimes committee

The UN Human Rights Council has named the third member to join the Independent International Commission of Inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws...

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August 26, 2014

Israel strikes 15 targets in Gaza overnight

The Israeli army announced today that it targeted 15 sites in the Gaza Strip overnight. In the fiercest night of attacks since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza,...

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August 26, 2014

Iraq: Sunni coalition says militia-backed security forces kidnapped 50 people

Iraq’s Uniters for Reform coalition, or Muttahidoon, a Sunni coalition led by Usama Al-Nujayfi, said on Monday that armed militias backed by security forces are active in the “Baghdad...

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August 25, 2014

Iraqi refugees from Mosul seek a home away from home

Outside the Catholic Church in Marj el Hamam, Jordan, two teenage boys diligently put together a set of shelves. They pass time as they wait for the line outside...

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