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December 11, 2018

Saudi appointed commander of GCC Unified Military Command

Saudi Lieutenant General Eid Bin Awad Al-Shalawi was appointed Commander of the GCC Unified Military Command (UMC) during the 39th GCC meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Gulf Cooperation...

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December 11, 2018

On Human Rights Day 2018, the embodiment of Palestinian rights is as remote as ever

Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December to remember the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The irony of...
December 11, 2018

Israel settlers call for Abbas’ assassination

Extremist Israeli settlers have hung posters calling for the assassination of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas across the occupied West Bank. The posters – showing Abbas’ face framed...

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December 11, 2018

Israel’s Netanyahu seeks retroactive approval for illegal settlement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday his government is looking to obtain retroactive approval for the illegal settlement outpost of Ofra built on private Palestinian land near Ramallah....

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December 11, 2018

8 Egypt officers charged with torturing prisoner to death

An Egyptian criminal court yesterday adjourned the hearing of eight Egyptian officers who are accused of torturing a prisoner to death, Almesryoon reported. The hearing was adjourned, the court...

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December 11, 2018

UN envoy says Yemen’s warring parties ‘not there yet’ on main issues

UN special envoy Martin Griffiths said on Monday Yemen’s warring parties had yet to agree on main sticking points in peace talks, including a ceasefire in Hodeidah and reopening...

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December 11, 2018

Khashoggi on Time Person of the Year shortlist

Jamal Khashoggi is on the shortlist of Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, the publication announced Monday, Anadolu reports. The Washington Post columnist who was killed at the hands of...

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December 11, 2018

Arab League tells Brazil’s Bolsonaro Israel embassy move could harm ties

The Arab League has told Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries, in a...

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December 11, 2018

Lebanon thwarts 2 major bombing attacks

After ten months of “hard work,” Lebanon’s internal security forces have foiled two major bombing attacks, the country’s interior minister, Nohad Machnouk, announced yesterday. “A ten-month-long high-level security operation...

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December 11, 2018

The real face of Justin Trudeau: Are Palestinians Canada’s new Jews?

How does one explain Canada’s contradictory foreign policy regarding Palestine and Israel? On December 4, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Saeb Erekat, praised Canada’s commitment not...

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