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May 10, 2014

Reconsidering Terror and Terrorism: The Case for Hamas

Hamas can no longer be regarded by the United States simply as a terrorist organisation. Any attempts at solving the Arab-Israeli conflict, or broader conflicts in the region, will...

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May 10, 2014

Saudi Arabia and the UAE accept the status quo and Qatar provides a face saving concession

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) concluded on Thursday a meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in which they conducted a thorough revision of the measures exercised...

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May 10, 2014

Finally, international steps to bring Syrian war criminals to justice

On April 15, 2014, France plans to arrange an informal confidential gathering of Security Council members (a so-called “Arria-formula” meeting) in order to consider a report on the mass...

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May 10, 2014

International communities’ response to the world’s largest refugee crisis

Last month top UN officials warned that Syrians are expected to surpass Afghans as the world’s largest refugee population. Going into the fourth year of the bloody revolution-turned-war, an...

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May 10, 2014

Media coverage of the Arab Spring and the new Middle East

Ever since the symbolism of 26 year-old Tunisian Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in December 2010, and the subsequent eruption of a people’s revolution in Tunisia, the Middle East has been...

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May 10, 2014

Extreme donor and media ‘fatigue’ demands new ways to respond to and represent the growing refugee crisis

As media institutions and NGOs are faced with a growing de-sensitisation regarding the Syrian revolution, which has turned into a vicious war, new methods are put into practice. Do...

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May 10, 2014

Narrow scope for Palestinian rights in Lebanon

It seems to be the official message from Lebanon that Palestinians have long overstayed their not so pleasant stay. Testing times ahead for Lebanon, then, with the difficult accommodation...

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May 10, 2014

The Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian Refugees in Syria: Where Do We Go From Here?

Palestinian refugees in Syria are facing difficult and tragic conditions, as a result of the uprising there and the conflict between the regime and the opposition. Of the 160...

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May 10, 2014

Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam is making waves in Egypt

When the Merowe Dam in Sudan was built Ali Askouri, his family and their community were flooded out of their homes 80 kilometres from where it was being constructed...

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May 10, 2014

Scandal of billion dollar deals between Saudi Arabia and Veolia

Veolia is a French company specialising in environmental work in the fields of water, recycling, energy and transportation. The company has recently had a lot of media coverage given...

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