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August 7, 2018

Israel’s siege of Gaza is anything but legal

On Sunday 29 July, Israeli commandos boarded a boat taking part in a Freedom Flotilla which was taking humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. The boat — Al-Awda...

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August 7, 2018

Egypt to release 1,118 prisoners following presidential pardon

Egyptian authorities today announced the release of 1,188 prisoners after a presidential pardon was issued for the second time in a week. It is unknown whether any of those...

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August 7, 2018

Iran FM: Trump, Netanyahu and Bin Salman ‘symbols of violence’

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday described US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as “symbols of mistrust and...

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August 7, 2018

Israel’s Mossad suspected of assassinating Syria weapons chief

Israel’s Mossad have been accused of assassinating a top Syrian scientist over the weekend. The secret service, which was ranked the world’s leader in assassinations having carried out 800...

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August 7, 2018

Ancient manuscript returned from UK to Egypt

Egypt said yesterday that it has retrieved from the United Kingdom a “rare” Egyptian archaeological manuscript that dates back over 500 years ago. The announcement was made by the...

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August 7, 2018

Ex-Israel PM denounces rival politicians as ‘fascists’

A former Israeli prime minister has described senior members of his country’s government as fascists. In a blistering attack, Ehud Barak, who also served as Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence minister...

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August 7, 2018

Egypt mulls reducing civil servants’ working days

Egypt is studying a proposal to reduce the number of working days civil servants work but said it will not reduce their working hours, the Anadolu Agency reported. The...

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August 7, 2018

UAE launches ‘amnesty visa’ for illegal Pakistan expats

Some 1,100 Pakistani expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have taken advantage of an amnesty visa scheme launched earlier this month, Khaleej Times reported yesterday. Pakistani expats who...

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August 7, 2018

Saudi Arabia finds 1.5m visa violators

Saudi authorities announced the arrest of 1,523,000 expats who had violated the country’s visa laws in the past nine months. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that a campaign to...

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August 7, 2018

‘Farmer terrorism’ is the new Jewish settler slogan justifying the destruction of crops

In less than three months, Jewish settlers have destroyed over 2,000 trees and grapevines in the occupied West Bank. Rights group B’Tselem has issued a detailed report on this...

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