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April 3, 2019

Floods in north Syria destroy camps hosting 40,000 people

Floods in the north of Syria have affected more than 40,000 displaced people living in refugee camps near the Turkish border, the UN announced yesterday. Speaking as some 24...

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April 3, 2019

Basra votes in favour of being autonomous region in Iraq

The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on Monday to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region. Head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah Al-Bazoni, told reporters that...

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April 3, 2019

Al Jazeera condemns Egypt inclusion of its staff on ‘terror list’

Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the Egyptian authorities’ decision to include a number of its employees on a “terror list”. The Egyptian Court of Cassation rejected appeals filed...

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April 3, 2019

Hamas chief supports Jordan in the face of external pressure

Head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, yesterday reaffirmed the movement’s support for Jordan in the face of “foreign pressures, especially American and Israeli pressure, aimed at...

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April 3, 2019

Plan advances for Jewish religious school in Sheikh Jarrah

Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem are advancing plans for a new Jewish religious school in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, settlement watchdog Ir Amim reported yesterday. According...

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April 3, 2019

Israel to displace 65,000 Bedouin citizens in ‘development’ plan

The Israeli government yesterday announced a plan that would see tens of thousands of Bedouin Palestinian citizens displaced from their communities, under the guise of development. According to far-right...

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April 3, 2019

Gantz again refuses to commit to Palestinian state

Israeli prime ministerial candidate Benny Gantz renewed his refusal to support Palestinian statehood, reported Haaretz, speaking last night at an event in Tel Aviv. Asked about his vision for...

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April 3, 2019

MSF warns of sharp increase in cholera cases in Yemen

Doctors without Borders (MSF) yesterday warned of a “sharp increase” in the number of suspected cholera cases across Yemen. The international medical organisation posted on Twitter that its teams...

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April 3, 2019

Netanyahu promised no deal with Hamas until release of soldier’s remains, claims family

The mother of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised her that he will not agree a deal with Hamas...

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April 3, 2019

Hamas gets time frame for truce with Israel

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau said on Tuesday that his movement had received the timeframe for the implementation of the terms of the truce reached with Israel....

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