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April 18, 2017

Almost 1,200 Palestinians have ‘disappeared’ in Syria

A report on enforced disappearances in Syria has said that almost 1,200 Palestinians have gone missing in the war-torn country. The Task Group for Palestinians in Syria released the...

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April 18, 2017

Let Palestinian prisoners assert their political aims

The mass hunger strike organised by Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti has elicited various responses, each according to its intended purpose. Prisoners participating in the protest — an estimated 1,000...

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April 18, 2017

US still dogged by strategic deficit in Syria

The US missile strike on Syria’s al-Shayrat air base earlier this month has raised expectations of a more muscular American policy in Syria in the advent of the Donald...

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April 18, 2017

Erdogan revels in new found powers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan greet the crowd after the results of the referendum was announced in Ankara, Turkey ...

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April 18, 2017

Saudi clerics legislate fighting Houthis in Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars renewed yesterday calls for fighting against Houthis in Yemen, stressing that it is “religious obligation,” Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The council explained...

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April 18, 2017

Daesh seeking alliance with al Qaeda, Iraqi vice president says

Daesh is talking to al Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on its fighters in Mosul, Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi said in an interview...

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April 18, 2017

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on Monday in response to a call by prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, widely seen as a possible future Palestinian...

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April 17, 2017

Turkish companies seek investment opportunities in Qatar

Hundreds of Turkish companies are seeking to strengthen their presence in Qatar through the upcoming “Expo Turkey by Qatar” exhibition which will be held this week in the Qatari...

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April 17, 2017

The West’s disturbing obsession with how Syrians die

How would you prefer to die? Suffocation by sarin or suffocation by sandstone? Do you favour starvation over succumbing to shrapnel wounds? Or perhaps your extermination of choice is...

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April 17, 2017

Triumphant Erdogan swats away Western criticism of referendum

A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s “crusader mentality” on Monday after European monitors criticised a referendum in which he won sweeping new powers. Erdogan, whose narrow...

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