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January 17, 2019

The PA’s bid for full UN membership will not benefit Palestinians

The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to measure its purported success by international standards. After assuming the presidency of the Group of 77 (G77), new plans are underway to launch...

Blog
January 17, 2019

Are the US and the West really concerned about freedoms of Sudanese protesters?

On 19 December, the Sudanese government decided to triple the price of bread, prompting a wave of anti-government protests which swiftly escalated into demonstrations calling an end to the...

Article
January 17, 2019

US to purchase 2 Israel Iron Dome systems

The United States plans to buy two Iron Dome anti-missile defence systems from Israel. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth reported yesterday that the US administration had asked Congress for $373 million...

News
January 17, 2019

Iraq PM: 25% of foreign troops withdrew in 2018

More than 25 per cent of foreign troops, most of which were American, have pulled out of Iraq in 2018, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said this week. Abdul-Mahdi’s...

News
January 17, 2019

Syria Kurds reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey control

The Kurds in Syria yesterday rejected a US proposal to establish a 20 mile safe zone on the Syrian-Turkish border under Turkey’s control. Kurdish leader Aldar Khalil instead proposed...

News
January 17, 2019

Palestine marine forces rescue 6 Egypt fishermen

Palestinian marine forces rescued this morning six Egyptian fishermen whose fishing boat had been destroyed due to strong waves. The Palestinian marine forces said that the strong waves of...

News
January 17, 2019

Egypt orders release of Umm Zubeida jailed over spreading false news

An Egyptian mother, known as Umm Zubeida, who was jailed for speaking to the BBC about the enforced disappearance of her daughter was ordered to be released by an...

News
January 17, 2019

Al-Aqsa under threat as Israeli elections loom

When Muslims first prayed, they faced Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem rather than Makkah. When Prophet Mohammed (Peace be Upon Him) ascended to heaven, he did so from Al-Aqsa, not...

Article
January 17, 2019

US citizen working for Iran TV channel arrested

US citizen Marzieh Hashemi, an anchor on Iranian state television’s English-language service Press TV, was arrested yesterday while boarding an internal US flight from St. Louis to Denver on...

News
January 17, 2019

Crisis over Italy security guards in Gaza resolved

A crisis surrounding three Italian security guards thought to be undercover Israeli forces operating in the Gaza Strip has ended. In a statement issued yesterday, the spokesman of the...

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