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August 27, 2014

Palestinians don't need permission to build a seaport and airport

A senior Hamas leader in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Palestinians don’t need anyone’s permission to build a seaport and airport. Mahmoud Al-Zahar also pointed out that the...

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August 27, 2014

Pentagon: Egypt and UAE carried out air strikes in Libya

“We believe Egypt and the United Arab Emirates carried out air strikes in Libya”, Pentagon spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby said yesterday. The Anadolu news agency reported Kirby saying:...

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August 27, 2014

51 days of Gaza war in numbers

An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire deal has brought a weeks-long Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip to an indefinite halt but the crippling onslaught had left its toll on the embattled...

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August 27, 2014

Hamas explains terms of the ceasefire deal

Deputy Head of Hamas’s Political Bureau Musa Abu Marzouk explained on Tuesday the terms of the ceasefire deal agreed between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation. According to...

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August 27, 2014

Egypt's deep-seated culture of sexism

“Don’t worry, women have smaller brains than men.” “It’s in the Qur’an, its God’s right given to men to command women.” “Women overstate the problem, its nothing, they shouldn’t...

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August 27, 2014

Israel fires tear gas at students on first day of school year

Israeli forces fired 15 tear gas grenades and canisters, as well as five stun grenades, at children as they waited to go to school yesterday morning in Hebron. A...

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August 27, 2014

The Houthis hold Yemen's Islamists hostage in Hasaba

As of Sunday evening any hopes of a political truce with the Houthis have been shattered. Returning from the northern province of Sa’ada where he met with Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi...

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August 27, 2014

Saudi Arabia food imports worth $24 billion annually

Saudi Arabia imports almost 70 per cent of its food requirements, according to an economic study conducted by the Saudi Agriculture Exhibition, which noted that the Kingdom pays 90...

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August 27, 2014

Syria: From the Great War to Civil War

Author: John McHugo Hardcover: 291 pages Publisher: Saqi Books ISBN-10: 0863567533 Review by John Kelly This book comes just a year after John McHugo’s Concise History of the Arabs...

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August 27, 2014

Long live Egypt

While General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi is entitled to hate any news station he wishes, including Al-Araby Al-Jadid, he must also bear in mind that he has been accused of...

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