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April 16, 2017

Turkey barely votes 'Yes' to sweeping presidential powers referendum

Following a tense campaign filled with diplomatic spats with other countries, heated domestic exchanges and the trading of political barbs between the “Yes” and “No” camps, the “Yes” campaign...

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April 16, 2017

Gaza's sole power plant shuts down

The sole power plant in the Gaza Strip was shut down on Sunday due to lack of funds needed to buy fuel. In a statement, the Hamas-run energy authority...

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April 16, 2017

Greater polarisation on the cards, as Turkey referendum neck and neck

Turkish media sources and sources close to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has told MEMO that the vote looks like a “Yes” win, but only barely. Turkish...

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April 16, 2017

Thousands of Palestinians gather in in Netherlands

Thousands of Palestinians living in Europe gathered in the Dutch city of Rotterdam for a now-annual conference on Palestinian issues. Around 5,000 people from across Europe attended the one-day event which...

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April 16, 2017

Gazan Christians celebrate easter

Many Palestinians from Gaza have been also been given permits to attend Easter celebrations in Jerusalem...

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April 16, 2017

Rivals reach 3-day ceasefire in south Libya

A three-day ceasefire has been reached between forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government and East Libya-based military commander Khalifa Haftar in south Libya. Hisham Abushkiwat, a member of...

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April 16, 2017

Erdogan: 'I believe in people’s sense of democracy'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cast his vote in the constitutional referendum in Sunday and said he believed in the people’s sense of democracy. Erdogan voted alongside his wife Emine...

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April 16, 2017

Hariri: ‘Hezbollah has taken Israel’s role in Syria’

Taking time out of a political visit to Turkey during the country’s intense referendum campaign, Ahmad El Hariri, the general-secretary of the Future Movement Party of Lebanon, spoke to...
April 16, 2017

'Homes beyond repair': Clashes in Palestinian refugee camp

Fierce clashes in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh has left scores of buildings riddled with bullet holes and rendered numerous homes completely uninhabitable, residents say, as photos depicting the...

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April 16, 2017

Israel levels land near Gaza border

A number of Israeli military vehicles conducted a limited incursion into Palestinian lands east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses said. Eyewitness said they saw...

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