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January 5, 2018

Sacked Iraq security personnel stage protest in Baghdad

Hundreds of former army and police personnel who were sacked after Daesh overran much of the country in 2014 demonstrated in Baghdad on Friday to demand their jobs back....

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January 5, 2018

More Palestinians arrested by Israel

The Israeli occupation authorities arrested three more Palestinians early this morning after raiding their homes in Ramallah and Hebron. Mohammad Al-Rum was detained at his home in the Qaddura...

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January 5, 2018

Gaza is dying and, for some, war is no longer the worst option, claims Israeli report

Israel’s Walla! website has warned that the unprecedented deterioration of living conditions in the Gaza Strip may lead to the outbreak of another war. This, it said, may in...

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January 5, 2018

The week in pictures

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…...

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January 5, 2018

Moroccan Jews call on King to block attempts to withdraw citizenship

In the wake of international objections to Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM)...

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January 5, 2018

Morocco responds to ‘black bread’ protests in the struggling north

The Moroccan government promised on Thursday to set up a “new development plan” for the country’s north-east region nearly two weeks after protests against the local political elites started...

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January 5, 2018

Almost 500 cases of diphtheria in Yemen, reports WHO

Almost 500 cases of diphtheria are suspected in Yemen, the World Health Organisation said yesterday. The outbreak began in August last year, Reuters has reported. According to WHO spokesman...

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January 5, 2018

Algeria begins process to have resistance fighter skulls returned by France

Algeria has submitted an official request to the French government to begin the process for the return of the skulls of Algerian resistance fighters held at the Musée de...

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January 5, 2018

Islamic Jihad responds to Israeli accusations, warns of escalation

Palestinian Islamic Jihad has warned of Israeli intentions to escalate the situation in the Gaza Strip, reported Xinhua, dismissing a recent uptick in rhetoric directed at the group. “The...

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January 5, 2018

UK defence minister arrives in Iraq for talks

Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence arrived in Baghdad yesterday to discuss the conflict in Iraq and future British military support, Iraqi News has reported. Gavin Williamson held a...

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