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December 17, 2019

UK-Egypt health cooperation despite medical negligence in prison

The British ambassador to Egypt has taken part in the second meeting of the UK-Egypt Healthcare Initiative, despite serious allegations of healthcare abuse inside Egypt’s prisons. Ambassador Geoffrey Adams...

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December 17, 2019

Pompeo attacks Democrats’ ‘foolish positions’ on Israel settlements

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote a letter to Democratic members of the House who previously criticised the Trump administration’s policy shift on Israeli settlements, attacking what the...

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December 17, 2019

Highest ever Israel spending on settlements in first quarter of 2019

Official Israeli figures show that in the first quarter of 2019 the government spent 390 million shekels ($111.5 million) on settlements in the occupied West Bank, “the highest first-quarter...

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December 17, 2019

US Trump’s peace plan will establish a ‘New Palestine’ in Gaza

Details of US President Donald Trump’s peace deal for the Middle East, dubbed the “deal of the century”, have allegedly been obtained by Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen. While the...

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December 17, 2019

Protests continue in Iraq amid disagreement on prime minister

Anti-government protests continued across Iraq as political consultations in the capital Baghdad yesterday failed to choose a candidate to succeed Adil Abdul Mahdi as prime minister. The Iraqi protesters...

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December 17, 2019

Egypt’s Sisi: We have to block websites to protect the country

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday said that authorities have to block websites and set controls on them in order to protect the Egypt and stop them turning young people...

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December 17, 2019

Libyan city council announces readiness to defend Tripoli against Haftar attack

The city council in Misrata, east of Tripoli in Libya, announced on Sunday that it is ready to put its resources at the disposal of the internationally-recognised Government of...

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December 17, 2019

Israa Abdelfattah transferred to hospital amid fears for her deteriorating health

Egyptian activist Israa Abdelfattah has been transferred to Qanater women’s prison hospital after her health severely deteriorated. Israa was kidnapped from a street in Cairo in October by plainclothes...

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December 17, 2019

Turkey’s efforts to delimit its maritime boundaries have prompted a colonial response

At the end of November, after a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the head of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, the...

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December 17, 2019

Israel to export gas to Egypt from next month

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has signed the permits required for Israel to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday. The exports, it noted, are...

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