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September 24, 2014

UN: Turkey received as many Syrian refugees in three days as Europe did in three years

A spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Refugees at the UN, Melissa Fleming, revealed that “Turkey received 138,000 refugees in three days, which is equivalent to what was received...

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September 24, 2014

Hundreds missing after ISIS suicide bomber strikes Iraqi army base

Five Iraqi soldiers survived a following an Islamic State (ISIS) suicide mission on their army base, the soldiers said a further 300 to 500 military personnel were missing and...

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September 24, 2014

Rouhani: US attacks on Syria are 'illegal'

Airstrikes being launched by a US led coalition against Islamic State (ISIS) targets are “illegal”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. In an interview on American TV in New York...

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September 24, 2014

The curtailing of NGO freedom in Israel

It wasn’t a shock when Ayman Nasser, the coordinator of the legal unit of the prisoner rights group Addameer was arrested by Israeli forces in the early hours of...

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September 23, 2014

Labour leader Ed Miliband confirms support for UN resolution on ISIS

At the Labour party conference in Manchester, the party’s leader Ed Miliband confirmed his support for a UN Security Council resolution regarding military strikes on Islamic State targets in...

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September 23, 2014

Reasons behind the rapid spread of ISIS in north-east Syria

The rapid progress of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the villages surrounding the Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) region, located in the north-eastern province of Aleppo, has been striking. During the...

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September 23, 2014

In New York, Mahmoud Abbas gives weak rhetoric about freedom

Before his address at the UN General Assembly in New York, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave a short speech at the Cooper Union, a university in downtown Manhattan,...

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September 23, 2014

Danish FM threatens Israel with sanctions

Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard yesterday called for “taking new steps, including changes to our trade relations with Israel” in order to force it to make concessions in its...

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September 23, 2014

Unrest continues in Yemen day after the peace agreement

Despite Sunday’s peace agreement in Yemen, the Houthi group still refuses to withdraw from sites they had previously controlled. Militants affiliated to the Houthis have stormed the home of...

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September 23, 2014

ISIS affiliated group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria

An Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate group yesterday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a Frenchman in an area to the east of Algiers, calling on the French President Francois...

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