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February 10, 2014

Haniyeh calls for 2014 to be year of national reconciliation

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called on Tuesday for presidential, parliamentary and National Council elections as soon as possible to demonstrate commitment to national reconciliation. Speaking at...

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February 10, 2014

Thirty-six Palestinians killed by Israel in 2013

The annual report from the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has revealed that twenty-seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank during 2013; nine people...

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February 10, 2014

Netanyahu says no peace without guaranteeing Israeli security and settlement interests

Israel’s prime minister has said that peace will not be achieved except when the “incitement” stops and “Israel’s security and settlement interests are guaranteed.” Speaking at the 7th Galilee...

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February 10, 2014

Iran says cooperation with Gulf States is growing

Iran’s cooperative relationship with its Gulf State neighbours is “growing”, its Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs has claimed. Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the official Iranian news...

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February 10, 2014

Campaign to enlist Christians into the Israeli army creates social divisions

At a time when most Arab Christians look at themselves as part of the Palestinian people and consider any service in the Israeli army as taboo, the Israeli government’s...

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February 10, 2014

Iraqi insurgents prepare for government assault

Insurgents in Iraq are preparing for an assault on their positions by government forces. A group calling itself the Leadership of the Military Council for the Rebels, which was...

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February 10, 2014

Iraqi Sunni tribes call for their sons to quit the army

On Friday chief tribal leader Sheikh Ali Al-Hatem called on all Iraqi tribes to withdraw their sons from the Iraqi army until the latter releases the kidnapped parliamentarian Ahmed...

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February 10, 2014

In 2013 Israel arrested 1,450 Jerusalemites, including 450 children

In its annual report, Wadi Al-Hilwa and Silwan Information Centre have said that the Israeli occupation arrested 1,450 residents from Jerusalem in 2013, including 450 children and 25 women....

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February 10, 2014

Syrian National Council will not attend Geneva II

On Friday the Syrian National Council (SNC) renewed its rejection of an invitation to attend the Geneva II Conference set to take place in Switzerland on January 22 to...

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February 10, 2014

New Syrian budget based on extent of regime's control

The Syrian government has revealed that its 2014 budget amounts to 1.39 trillion Syrian pounds (around $9.8 billion). On paper this is the largest budget in the government’s history,...

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