Middle East News
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Texas Republican Ted Cruz attacked the Obama administration on Wednesday, claiming the FAA flight ban to Israel was politically motivated.
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Mosul -
A Jihadist leader associated with the militant Islamist group ISIS — the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham — has ordered that all women aged from 11 to 46 years in Iraq undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a UN spokeswoman.
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Two "precise" shots fired into the Al Jazeera prompted an evacuation Tuesday morning. There are no reports of any fatalities from their branch on the Gaza Strip.
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Jerusalem -
Israel said Friday that it would keep up its attack on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for as long as it took Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets across the border.
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Edmonton -
An emergency rally held in Edmonton on July 8 called for an end to what protesters called collective punishment against the people of Gaza.
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Russia's close support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria over the last three years along with its recent annexation of Crimea has led to considerable worry over its intentions and foreign policy. But how much of it do we in fact understand?
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Wall-to-wall television coverage of the World Cup in Brazil has been made available across the Middle East for the first time with this completion. A new survey reveals exactly how people plan to enjoy (or otherwise) the tournament.
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An alternative point of view regarding Islamist group ISIS and the chaos they are spreading in the middle east. This article is based on my own experience of the politics of the region.
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Terrorists affiliated with ISIS have made off with 500 billion Iraqi dinars ($425 million) in addition to an undisclosed quantity of gold bullion.
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Well, why not?
When armed conflict and diplomacy fail to change people's minds, maybe prayer is the next best option after all.
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New York -
Originally lauded as a progressive alternative to tyranny in the Middle East, the Arab Spring has been a season of persecution for Christians. As persecution reaches pandemic proportions, the very survival of Christianity in the region is in question.
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Minya -
A court in Egypt, Monday, recommended the death penalty for 683 people after a mass trial that’s been heavily criticized both by European government leaders and human rights organizations.
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Washington -
Negotiators for Israel and the Palestinian Authority plan to meet Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to save failing peace talks scheduled to expire at the end of April.
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Damascus -
The Syrian presidential election will proceed as scheduled, at least according to officials. Despite the heavy death toll and destruction in the war-torn country, experts say things are looking up for Bashar al-Assad.
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Today marks three years since the conflict in Syria began, three incredibly long, tumultuous years for far too many innocent children.
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As negotiations with Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear program entered its second day on Sunday, President Barack Obama remained under fire by key senators from both parties for ignoring prior legislation on Iranian sanctions.
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Munich -
Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has confirmed the next round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program will start in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 18.
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Cairo -
With at least 49 dead, and hundreds injured in clashes between protesters and security forces, possibly the last thing stability in Egypt needs is tension with Libya, after five Egyptian diplomats are reportedly kidnapped in Tripoli.
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Davos Platz -
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said that he had hoped the the U.S. would have invaded Syria by now. In Davos, he complained that U.S. foreign policy is increasingly disengaged from the region and also lacks direction.
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The luxury car manufacturer Rolls-Royce has just released figures showing that 2013 was a record breaking year for the company. The two biggest growth markets were in China and the Middle East.
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Washington -
Secretary of State John Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Relations Committee, Tuesday, calling for Congress to give diplomacy a chance and hold off from imposing any new sanctions against Iran.
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An Israeli plan to remove tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin populations from their existing land and resettle them elsewhere was met with broad protest, including from well-known musician Peter Gabriel.
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Geneva -
The long-promised peace conference aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis has been given a start date of January 22. The conference will be held in Geneva and will be the first talks to include representatives of the regime and the opposition.
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Speaking from Jerusalem just hours after Western powers struck a deal with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his stark disagreement with the deal.
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Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have died from polonium-210 poisoning, according to test results from Swiss scientists.
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New York -
Iran and the United States ended 35 years of diplomatic dudgeon last night as President Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani chatted on the telephone then took to Twitter exchanging a series of cordial tweets.
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In an interview with Venezuelan television, Syrian President Assad has said he still doesn't doubt that the U.S. might launch a military strike against his country, even in light of the recent Russian-brokered agreement.
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In the fallout from Russian President Vladimir Putin's open letter to Americans and U.S. Senator John McCain's response, I would like to offer an alternative letter to President Putin.
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In an open letter addressed to the American people and published in The New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin responds to President Obama's public address on Syria.
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Speaking at a press conference in London, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that a military strike on Syria would be "unbelievably small."
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Sanaa, Yemen: Protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest against a film produced in the U.S
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Act for America
A horrific image of a young Christian woman in Syria who was gang raped by over a dozen jihadists and then murdered in her home. Signs of torture are obvious as her eyes are gouged out and a large wooden crucifix is jammed into her mouth. The jihadists also appear to have made an unsuccessful effort to severe her left breast. This image was released to the public by the parents of the young woman who want the world, especially the West, to know the plight of Christians in Syria.
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With permission by Reuters / Nour Fourat
Residents inspect a huge hole in the ground at a site hit by what activists say was a Scud missile from forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Raqqa, eastern Syria
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Unemployment tops 37 percent and is widely seen as driving Yemen’s multiple security crises and instability.
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David Boyer
Stone "wheel" structures scattered across the Middle East desert.
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Protesters raising separatist flags in the southern Dhalea governorate.
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Suicide bomber kills and injures over 100 in this mornings bomb attack in the Iraq city of Baghdad.
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CrethiPlethi
Protesters calling for change in Libya
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Emergency Rally for Palestine in Edmonton, July 8, 2014.
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Adel Yahya/IRIN
Displaced children in Habban area in the south.
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Emergency Rally for Palestine in Edmonton, July 8, 2014.
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Emergency Rally for Palestine in Edmonton, July 8, 2014.
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DanPMK
A map of the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. This region has a collective population of over 350 million and consists of the following countries: Lebanon, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, and Yemen. Sometimes Turkey and Cyprus are included as MENA nations.
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Camels carry riders along the Gulf in Abu Dhabi. United Arab Emirates.
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U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment prepare for a early morning mission out of Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq
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Emergency Rally for Palestine in Edmonton, July 8, 2014.
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Maggie Osama
A protester raising Libya's Independence flag above the Libyan Embassy in Zamalek,Cairo
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Elias Pirsateh
The Neyshabur region in northern Iran
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