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September 20, 2018

Yemen: Mercenaries trained in Israel lead battles of Al-Hudaydah

Sources close to the US Congress Intelligence Committee revealed that hundreds of Western mercenaries financed by UAE participated in the attack on the Yemeni province of Al-Hudaydah after they...

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September 20, 2018

Al-Sisi acknowledges failure of public hospitals, decides to privatise healthcare sector

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, head of Egypt’s post-coup government, announced his intention to privatise public hospitals so that Egyptian businesspeople and non-governmental organisations will manage healthcare institutions. He justified such...

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September 20, 2018

Trump is just the latest US president to push Palestine around

US National Security Advisor John Bolton is at it again. He recently issued a blistering rebuke of the International Criminal Court (ICC): “We will let the ICC die on...

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September 19, 2018

Redrawing the Middle East – Sir Mark Sykes, imperialism and the Sykes-Picot agreement

Michael Berdine’s succinct analysis of his subject Sykes’s political involvement in the Middle East is also a reflection that can be extended to the present-day turmoil in the region....

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September 19, 2018

A Russia-Israel confrontation in Syria

A new Russian aerospace incident in Syrian skies has caused a complicated crisis, but this time, it is with Israel. Almost two years ago, Turkey shot down a Russian...

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September 19, 2018

UNRWA staff in Gaza to strike

UNRWA staff in the besieged Gaza Strip announced a nationwide strike starting Monday 24 September. During a protest by UNRWA staff outside the agency’s headquarters, the head of the...

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September 19, 2018

Clashes erupt as armed groups break UN ceasefire in Libya capital

Clashes have erupted in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, breaking a UN mission-led ceasefire deal reached earlier this month, according to the Libya Observer. Fighting broke out once again...

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September 19, 2018

US school textbooks: Arab rejection of Israel cause of conflict

Schools in the US state of Texas will be required to teach students that “Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict” in the Middle...

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September 19, 2018

Talk of a ‘Jordan-Palestine confederation’ is dangerous

The talk in Jordanian political and media circles about a Jordan-Palestine confederation goes beyond the limits of Amman’s official rejection of the idea to take such a step before...

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September 19, 2018

UN report: Quality of life dropping in Egypt

The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. The index, which has...

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