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December 7, 2017

Head of Gaza support committee calls for closure of US embassies

Essam Yousef, the head of the Global Committee to Support Gaza, called on Wednesday for Arab and Muslim countries to close US embassies in their capital cities following Donald...

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December 7, 2017

Senior Hamas delegation meets Malaysia PM

A senior Hamas delegation on Tuesday began an official visit to Malaysia to take part in the annual conference of the ruling party UMNU, Quds Press reported. Headed by...

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December 7, 2017

US to maintain military presence in Syria ‘as long as necessary’

The US said on Tuesday that it would maintain a military presence in Syria “as long as necessary,” a Pentagon spokesman told AFP. “We will keep our commitments as...

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December 7, 2017

Israel military raids Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus

An Israeli military brigade raided the occupied West Bank city of Nablus yesterday heading to Joseph’s Tomb for the first time in 17 years, Quds Press reported. In a...

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December 7, 2017

462 American companies invest $15.1bn in Saudi Arabia

The number of US businesses operating in Saudi Arabia reached 462 in December with a total investment if more than 56.7 billion Saudi riyals ($15.1 billion), the Saudi General...

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December 7, 2017

Israel Labour leader says two-state solution will preserve ‘Jewish spirit of our nation’

Israeli Labour leader Avi Gabbay described the two-state solution as necessary to preserve “the Jewish spirit of our nation”, speaking at a conference organised by the Jerusalem Post yesterday....

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December 7, 2017

What was Trump thinking? Simple. Why delay the inevitable?

American President Donald Trump announced yesterday that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and said he had directed the Department of State to start working on moving the US...

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December 7, 2017

Cairo criticises US Congress meeting on human rights in Egypt

Cairo yesterday criticised US Congress for holding a meeting to discuss the human rights situation in Egypt, saying the discussion lacked neutrality, the Anadolu Agency reported. Tom Lantos Human...

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December 7, 2017

Amnesty slams Trump’s announcement on Jerusalem as ‘reckless and provocative’

Amnesty International has slammed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Washington is officially recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and will be relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv. “This is...

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December 7, 2017

US sends Marines to secure embassies in Middle East

US’ Marines yesterday reinforced their security presence at several US embassies in the Middle East following US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The...

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