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Turkey will call off the refugee and migrant deal it signed with the EU if the latter does not fulfil its pledges, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday....
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The Syrian opposition coalition decided to postpone its participation in the ongoing talks in Geneva on Monday due to a lack of progress in the humanitarian situation and the...
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A number of donor countries refuse to fund projects proposed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) due to its use of funds to serve political agendas, Palestinian sources revealed yesterday....
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Hundreds of Syrian refugees have been prevented from obtaining their university certificates or degree statements, Arabi21 reported yesterday. Universities from neighbouring countries and the EU have been requesting Syrian...
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'There is no alternative for political agreement which will lead to the country’s prosperity,' Kobler told reporters on Sunday in Tripoli.
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Daoud called on the Jordanian government to open alternative markets for Jordanian produce.
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A recent resolution adopted by the UN's culture agency criticizing "Israeli aggression" and restrictions on Muslim worship at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque has prompted accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Three United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over Egypt’s ongoing crackdown on human rights activists and civil society organisations in the country. The experts issued a...
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Three United Nations human rights experts have expressed concern over Egypt’s continuing crackdown on human rights defenders and civil society organisations in the country. The experts issued a joint...
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As the Syria conflict enters its sixth year, the Bashar al-Assad regime has announced its intention to hold parliamentary polls on April 13 in regime-controlled parts of the country....
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A ceasefire between the fighting parties in Yemen started on Monday morning ahead of talks scheduled to begin on 18 April in Kuwait under the auspices of the United...
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Foreign ministers from across Europe gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss the handling of the refugee crisis. Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu and EU Minister Volkan Bozkir hosted the foreign...
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Two Egyptian experts say that Italy may bring the high-profile case of an Italian doctoral student who was found murdered in Cairo before the European Parliament with a view...
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Article
April 9, 2016
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Asa Winstanley
For the last decade, a central plank of Israel’s strategy to combat its global critics has been something it terms “lawfare” – using courts around the world to attack,...
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The EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations renewed on Friday the readiness of Europe to offer more support for Tunisia to carry out “essential reforms” across...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned that Turkey will not implement the agreement signed with the European Union on the return of migrants who reach Greece if the European...
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Refugees have staged a protest at Idomeni refugee camp near Greece’s border with Macedonia during a visit to the camp by the ambassadors of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Sweden’s...
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An eight-member European delegation visited the Gaza Strip on Monday and was shown the devastation left by the last Israeli offensive, Anadolu reported. The delegation, which was chaired by...
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Article
April 4, 2016
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Ben White
Claims published over the weekend by the Sunday Telegraph that the UK government “pulled” funding for War on Want (WoW) in response to its Palestine solidarity activities have been...
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The shortfall in donations has undermined the reconstruction of thousands of destroyed homes in the Gaza Strip, a senior UN official stressed yesterday. In a press release, Director of...
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The European Union reiterated its solidarity with Turkey “in fighting terrorism and violence,” in the wake of Thursday’s bomb attack which martyred seven police officers in the southeastern city...
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said that the international community must be prepared to help Libya’s unity government in the event that it asks for support, including military...
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Article
The situation in Idomeni in Greece is worsening by the hour as desperation mounts over inhumane European border policies. People are fighting amongst themselves and against the police. Some...
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A member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Libyan scholar Dr Ali Sallabi has called on the Libyan national unity government and its opponents to resort to dialogue...
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The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien has expressed “serious concerns” about the ongoing exclusion of medical supplies from aid convoys as a...
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The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday appealed to the international community to share the burden of Syrian refugees and to increase cooperation with Syria’s neighbour, noting that these...
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Article
March 30, 2016
Kamel Hawwash
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on 24 March put forward by the Palestinian Authority which included Clause 17 "to produce a database of all...
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The Israeli authorities have prevented the entry of building materials needed by the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip for the third day...
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Over 900 children have been killed and nearly 1,300 others injured as a result of the Yemen conflict in the past year alone, according to a report released on...
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Blog
March 29, 2016
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Ramona Wadi
While BDS can claim various gains, including the recent announcement by security firm G4S that it would be terminating its business deals with Israel, there are several points that...
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Refugees in Moria on the island of Lesvos are now being relocated to mainland Greece in preparation for their deportation, having been stuck for weeks since the closure of...
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In a statement issued on Sunday, the media network said the redundancies are part of "a workforce optimisation initiative" and a response to the on-going transformation of the media...