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February 16, 2014

UN expert calls for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees on hunger strike held by Israel without charges

United Nations Special Rapporteur Richard Falk yesterday, 13 February, called for the immediate release of three Palestinian detainees held without charges by Israel. Mr. Falk expressed deep concern for...

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February 16, 2014

Syrian defector left because country "can no longer accommodate moderation"

Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi broke his silence yesterday for the first time since he left Syria in December, saying that he left the country because he couldn’t...

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February 16, 2014

Hamas delegation makes first visit to Bulgaria

A Palestinian parliamentary delegation representing the Change and Reform Bloc has arrived in the Bulgarian capital Sofia at the start of a visit expected to last several days. The...

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February 16, 2014

Qatar hands Syrian embassy in Doha to opposition coalition

The Qatar government has handed the Syrian embassy building in Doha to groups opposing the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. Qatar, as do other Gulf Cooperation Countries, now recognises...

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February 16, 2014

Tunisia: no objection to international involvement in Bileid investigation

Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, Rafik Abdul Salam, has announced that his government does not object to the involvement of international parties in the investigation of opposition figure Chokri Bileid’s assassination....

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February 16, 2014

Israel change law to allow re-arrest of freed prisoners

A leading Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed on Sunday that the occupation authorities has amended its military law to allow the re-arrest of 14 Palestinian prisoners who were freed as...

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February 16, 2014

Pillay calls for the prosecution of al-Assad at the ICC

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called for the international prosecution of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for the commission of war crimes. Pillay reiterated...

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February 16, 2014

Palestinians protest at UN office in Ramallah over hunger-strikers

Palestinian demonstrators today blocked the entrance of the UN headquarters in Ramallah in protest against its silence on the issue of the hunger-strikers in the Israeli jails. The protesters...

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February 16, 2014

Saudi-Sudanese military exercises on the Red Sea coast

Saudi Arabia and Sudan naval forces have started joint exercises on the Sudanese coast of the Red Sea in the first operation of its kind. The Sudanese army spokesperson,...

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February 16, 2014

Fishermen fired on off Gaza coast

An Israeli gunboat attacked some Palestinian fishing vessels off the north coast of Gaza just after 8am local time today. According to MEMO’s Ibrahim Hewitt, who witnessed the attack...

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