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June 15, 2018

Egypt releases 3,747 prisoners for Eid al-Fitr

Egypt on Friday announced the release of 3,747 prisoners to mark the occasion of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which began yesterday evening, says Anadolu Agency. According to an...

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June 15, 2018

Israeli lawmaker proclaims supremacy of ‘Jewish race’

A lawmaker from the ruling Likud party said Wednesday that the “Jewish race” is the smartest in the world and possessing of the “highest human capital,” which is why, he said, the...

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June 15, 2018

Mother of shot Gaza medic: ‘She thought the white coat would protect her’

Gaza’s medics have fine-tuned tactics on how to work in the line of fire without being shot by Israeli snipers, reports The Guardian. They wear white jackets with reflective,...

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June 15, 2018

Putin and Netanyahu discuss Syria

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to strengthen coordination on Syria with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday. They...

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June 15, 2018

Syrian army bombards rebels in flashpoint southwest region

The Syrian army and its allies bombarded rebels in the southwestern Deraa region on Friday, killing at least six people, a war monitor said, in a region widely seen...

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June 15, 2018

Human rights group: Israeli banks’ support for settlements is crime of ‘pillage’

A senior official at Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that Israeli banks’ support for and involvement in the state’s settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory amounts to...

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June 15, 2018

Notorious Algerian Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Could Still Be Alive

Mokhtar Belmokhtar is still alive, reports El Majalaa contrary to U.S. claims in 2013, 2015, and 2016 that he had been killed in Libya. The report, which cites correspondence with...

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June 15, 2018

Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa signs €30bn supply deal with Algeria to 2030

Gas Natural Fenosa, one of Spain’s largest energy companies, has renewed a deal to take natural gas from Algeria for another 12 years in what amounts to a €30bn...

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June 15, 2018

Turkey says its air strikes kill 26 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

The Turkish military said on Friday air strikes its forces carried out killed 26 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq’s Qandil mountain region on June 12, Anadolu...

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June 15, 2018

Desert-fringed Middle East, North Africa put on new drought warning

With dusty desert sprawled across the region, Middle Eastern and North African nations must prepare better for drought as water shortages look set to worsen, the United Nations said...

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