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September 2, 2014

UN says 1,688 killed in Iraq in August

The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) announced the death of 1,688 Iraqis, and the injury of 2,166 more, during August due to acts of violence in different parts...

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September 2, 2014

85,000 persons forcibly disappeared in Syrian prisons

The Syrian Network for Human Rights, SNHR has issued a report marking the international day of the victims of enforced disappearances saying the Syrian regime’s forces are holding at...

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September 2, 2014

Egyptian court defers lawsuit demanding the closure of Human Rights Watch

The first circuit in the Administrative Court, headed by Judge Sami Darwish, has postponed until 18 November a lawsuit demanding the closure of the headquarters of Human Rights Watch...

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September 2, 2014

Davutoglu: No normalisation with Israel unless Gaza blockade lifted

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu ruled out on the normalisation of relations with Israel unless the blockade on the Gaza Strip was lifted and aggression on the enclave was...

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September 2, 2014

17 jailed in Saudi for financing terrorism

A Saudi court yesterday sentenced 17 defendants to jail on charges of financing terrorism, the Saudi News Agency reported. The defendants, 16 of them Saudi and one Senegalese, received...

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September 2, 2014

Sisi seeks to expand his constitutional powers

Aides close to Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi are seeking to amend the constitution to expand his powers, a report said. The attempt to amend the constitution is aimed...

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September 2, 2014

American-Egyptian attempts to start new talks on Gaza

Egyptian media reported that Assistant US Secretary of State Thomas Caterman met on Monday with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in Cairo. Ambassador Rakha Hassan, Egyptian deputy foreign...

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September 2, 2014

Israeli freezes Palestinian tax revenues

The public treasury of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been suffering a high level of indebtedness for several years and according to Ma’an news agency, the occupation authorities have...

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September 2, 2014

Saudi and France 'finalising' $3bn contract to arm the Lebanese army

France and Saudi Arabia are finalising a $3 billion arms deal to provide the Lebanese army with weapons, the French presidency announced yesterday following talks between French President Francois...

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September 2, 2014

Netanyahu will not continue talks with Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retracted the terms of the ceasefire deal reached last week with the Palestinian fighters in Cairo, Israeli TV Channel 10 revealed yesterday evening. According...

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