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July 9, 2019

Turkish envoy: Palestinian plight is ‘bleeding wound’

The plight of Palestinian refugees is like a bleeding wound, Turkey’s special envoy to Libya Emrullah Isler said on Tuesday. “The Palestinian refugee issue is a bleeding wound, and the...

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July 9, 2019

PKK bans Iraq’s Yazidis from returning home: official

Three out of four displaced Iraqi Yazidis are unable to return to their homes in Sinjar due to the presence of the PKK terrorist group in the area, the...

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July 9, 2019

Netanyahu warns Iran it is within range of Israeli air strikes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Iran on Tuesday that it is within range of Israeli air strikes, citing what he described as Iranian threats to destroy Israel, reports Reuters....

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July 9, 2019

Some internet service restored in Sudan after court ruling

Some internet users in Sudan were back online on Tuesday after a court-ordered telecoms companies to end a weeks-long blackout ordered by the authorities to contain political protests, reports...

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July 9, 2019

Lebanon tourism minister urges politicians not to wreck country’s best tourist season

Lebanon’s tourism minister urged politicians on Tuesday not to wreck the country’s best tourist season in years after a deadly shooting in a popular mountain region stirred fears of...

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July 9, 2019

US sanctions three Hezbollah leaders, including two members of Lebanon’s Parliament

The US Treasury added three top Hezbollah figures to its list of sanctioned individuals on Tuesday, including two members of the Lebanese Parliament and a security official responsible for...

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July 9, 2019

Tunisia: Ghannouchi’s political advisor resigns

A leader in Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Lotfi Zitoun, has officially announced his resignation as a political advisor to the movement’s head, Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi. “Today (Monday, July 8, 2019),...

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July 9, 2019

MEMO’s Top 10 at 10

We’ve had tens of thousands of stories on the Middle East in the ten years since MEMO launched, so for our 10th birthday, we’ve compiled a list of those...

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July 9, 2019

Beirut’s last public beach under threat of privatisation

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July 9, 2019

Israel settler group confiscated funds raised to help Palestinian family facing eviction

A right-wing Israeli settlement group has confiscated money raised to help a Palestinian family facing eviction from their home in Jerusalem. The Elad Association is a notorious right-wing group...

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