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December 27, 2018

Tunisia resumes direct flights with Syria as UAE reopens Damascus embassy

Syrians welcomed tourists with Tunisian and Syrian flags, and a lot of dancing...

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December 27, 2018

Trump: Israel is ‘doing well’ with $4.5bn US aid annually

Donald Trump was pushed on to his back foot yesterday over his commitment to Israel. The US president has come under sharp criticism following last week’s surprise decision to...

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December 27, 2018

Defying Constitutional Court, Hamas MPs hold meeting in Gaza

Hamas Parliamentarian Bloc yesterday held a meeting for its MPs in the parliament headquarters in the Gaza Strip in defiance of the decision of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud...

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December 27, 2018

Armed militias storm intensive care unit in Libya hospital

Gunshots were heard in a Benghazi hospital after a militia group stormed the intensive care unit on Tuesday, amid ongoing concerns surrounding security in the Libyan city. Armed gunmen...

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December 27, 2018

Egypt’s Sisi calls on women to think before getting pregnant

Egyptian women should “think before deciding to bring a new child in to the world”, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said yesterday. Speaking at the opening of a mega infrastructure...

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December 27, 2018

Operation Moses: How Israel smuggled thousands of Ethiopian Jews out of Sudan

On 5 January it will be 33 years since the end of Operation Moses, the secret operation to smuggle thousands of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, out of Sudan...

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December 27, 2018

Banking giant HSBC divests from Israel arms manufacturer

Human rights groups have claimed a major victory after HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, confirmed that it fully divested from Israeli...

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December 27, 2018

Saudi embassy accused of helping man escape US after killing teen girl

The Saudi Embassy in Washington has been accused of helping a Saudi student accused of murdering a teenage girl in a hit and run accident leave the country two...

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December 27, 2018

Israel’s war on BDS faces backlash

Israel allocated three million shekels ($790,000) to setup an international network of lawyers and financial legal groups to combat the Boycott, Divestment of Sanctions movement last week. Palestinian co-founder...

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December 27, 2018

Syria refugees appeal for aid after Idlib camps flooded

Syrians in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo have called on aid organisations for help after refugee camps were severely flooded by heavy rains last night. Storms swept away...

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