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July 2, 2017

Ex-Israeli Arab parliamentarian begins prison sentence

After being convicted in an Israeli court in March on a number of charges related to his smuggling phones to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody, now resigned Knesset member...

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July 2, 2017

Assad appears on Syrian currency for first time

President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the Syrian currency for the first time, his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that went into circulation on Sunday. Central bank...

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July 2, 2017

Former Israeli FM Livni calls on UNESCO to vote against Hebron resolution

Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni urged UNESCO to vote against a push by Palestinian leaders to have the West Bank city of Hebron declared as a “World Heritage Site in...

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July 2, 2017

Egyptian court sentences 20 to death for killing policemen

An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld the death penalty for 20 men charged with killing policemen in the violence that followed the military’s ousting of the elected president in...

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July 2, 2017

Fire destroys Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon, kills one

A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, killing one person and leaving two others in critical condition, officials said. Lebanese security forces initially...

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July 2, 2017

3 car bombs hit Damascus, at least 7 killed

Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, killing at least seven people in the first suicide bombings in the Syrian capital since extremists attacked in...

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July 2, 2017

Kurdish militants kill two ruling party officials in southeast Turkey

Kurdish militants shot and killed two officials from the ruling AK Party in southeast Turkey over the weekend, Turkish authorities said. Orhan Mercan, the AKP’s deputy head in the...

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July 2, 2017

Former Israeli PM Olmert released from prison

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, 71, was released on parole on Sunday from a prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, after serving 16 months in jail for corruption....

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July 2, 2017

Gulf deadline to resolve Qatar rift approaches

Qatar faces possible further sanctions by Arab states that have severed ties with Doha over allegations of links to terrorism, as a deadline to accept a series of demands...

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July 2, 2017

Yemen’s cholera death toll rises to 1,500

The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Yemen has risen to 1,500, Nevio Zagaria, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) representative in Yemen, said on Saturday, and appealed...

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