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September 16, 2014

Unidentified aircraft bombs ammunition depot in Tripoli

An unidentified military jet yesterday launched an air strike against a military base in the Libyan city of Gharyan, 85 kilometres south of the capital Tripoli. Libya’s Bawabat Al-Wasat...

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September 16, 2014

Tunis denies Meshaal visit aimed at attaining residence

A senior Tunisian official has denied that the visit of Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal is aimed at discussing his residency in Tunis with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki. Anwar Al-Gharbi,...

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September 16, 2014

Khamenei: We rejected a US request to cooperate against ISIS

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that he “rejected an offer from the United States to cooperate against the organisation of the...

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September 16, 2014

Israel would protect Jordan in the face of ISIS

Israel has confirmed that it would not “hesitate” to interfere militarily in Jordan should Islamic State (ISIS) militants reach the Kingdom. Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post reported an Israeli...

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September 16, 2014

Sisi: Egypt's population to increase by 40 million in 15 years

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said he expects Egypt’s population to grow by 40 million over the next 15 years. During his speech at the 41st session of the...

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September 16, 2014

Top Shia cleric threatens US troops if they entered Iraq

The head of Iraq’s Shia Sadrist movement Muqtada Al-Sadr yesterday threatened the United States’ troops if they decide to return to Iraq. Al-Sadr said, in a statement posted on...

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September 16, 2014

Brotherhood's supreme leader sentenced to life imprisonment for third time

An Egyptian court sentenced the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and 14 others to life imprisonment. The 15 defendants: Mohamed Badie Mohamed Al-Beltagy Essam El-Erian Assem...

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September 16, 2014

Mustafa Barghouti on Gaza, the unity government and Palestinians elections

“Immediately after the war Israel initiated a political and a propaganda campaign, including distributing false information about a coup d’état that was prepared in the West Bank, to divert...
September 16, 2014

ISIS and the 'clash of the civilisations'

If we listen carefully to what the Islamic State (ISIS) and its supporters are saying, we see a vision of the world in a state of ongoing war between...

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September 16, 2014

Who are the Assyrians and what are the Nineveh Plains?

The Iraq conflict is covered by most of the world’s media and the Assyrians are mentioned frequently alongside the Kurds and Arabs. Whilst they are neither Kurd nor Arab,...

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