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February 8, 2019

Shia militia commander: Iraq novelist was murdered for criticising Iran

Leader of the Abu Al-Fadl Al-Abbas Forces of the Popular Mobilisation Forces, Aws al-Khafaji said on Wednesday that Iraqi renowned novelist Alaa Mashthob was assassinated because he had criticised...

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February 8, 2019

Israel killed woman and child protesters at ‘significant distance’ from Gaza fence

Israeli forces killed a woman and child during protests in the occupied Gaza Strip on 11 January while they were at a “significant distance” from the perimeter fence. The...

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February 8, 2019

Israel says cop who shot Palestinians through their window acted ‘reasonably’

Israeli authorities have defended the actions of a police officer who opened fire on a Palestinian couple as they stood in their own home behind a closed window, reported...

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February 8, 2019

Israel takes Palestinian flag off Jerusalem mosque

Israeli occupation forces removed a Palestinian flag from a mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya. Forces tried to raid the mosque, member of a local follow-up...

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February 8, 2019

Fatah rejects Egyptian and Russian initiatives to meet Palestinian factions

Fatah is reported to have rejected official invitations extended by Egypt and Russia to host Palestinian reconciliation meetings, Resala.net has reported. According to informed sources, Egypt has proposed a...

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February 8, 2019

Egypt denies lifting bread subsidies

Egypt yesterday denied reports that the government will lift bread subsidies in response to International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions for loans which Cairo has obtained. The Ministry of Supply and...

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February 8, 2019

Two governments are competing over what’s left of Palestine

Two Palestinian governments will soon see the light of day; both will be under occupation and siege. One will be official and declared, formed by Fatah, and it will...

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February 8, 2019

Iraq won’t be platform for harming other countries, insists senior Ayatollah

The highest Shia cleric in Iraq rejected on Wednesday the notion of turning Iraq into a platform to monitor or harm other countries. Ayatollah Ali Sistani made his comment...

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February 8, 2019

Erekat slams US for blocking UN statement on Hebron monitors

Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, yesterday condemned the US for blocking a proposed United Nations Security Council statement expressing regret over Israel’s decision to end the...

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February 8, 2019

Yemen’s Houthis: prisoner swap talks could drag on for months

Talks on a UN-sponsored prisoner swap in Yemen’s war could drag on for months if the Saudi-backed government denies the existence of thousands of Houthi fighters in captivity, the...

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