Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category

Israel deports Gaza aid activists

Israel deports Gaza aid activists

Eighteen Kuwaiti activists detained by Israel returned home on Wednesday EPA Officials in Israel say they have released about 700 activists seized from the Gaza...

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Turkey demands return of citizens

Turkey demands return of citizens

“]There have been angry protests in Turkey against Israel's raid on the flotilla [AFPTurkey has warned it will cut off diplomatic ties with Israel if...

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Baghdad security forces targeted

Baghdad security forces targeted

“] At least nine people, mostly Iraqi soldiers and police, have been killed and another 24 wounded after a series of attacks on security checkpoints across...

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Yemen jets raid ‘al-Qaeda hideout’

Yemen jets raid ‘al-Qaeda hideout’

Yemen has boosted troop numbers in three provinces to tackle a growing al-Qaeda challenge Yemeni fighter jets have attacked the home of a suspected leader of Al-Qaeda...

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Yemen ‘must resist foreign forces’

Yemen ‘must resist foreign forces’

The Yemeni military is fighting al-Qaeda, Houthi rebels, and a separatist movement A group of Muslim leaders have said Yemenis have a religious duty to resist foreign...

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Blast near Israeli convoy in Jordan

Blast near Israeli convoy in Jordan

There is little Israeli popularity among the public in Jordan A bomb has exploded near a convoy of cars carrying Israeli diplomats in Jordan, without causing injuries. The...

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Egypt deports UK MP George Galloway

Egypt deports UK MP George Galloway

Clashes broke out between the activists and police in El-Arish on Tuesday night George Galloway, the British MP leading the Viva Palestina international aid convoy...

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Israel to deploy missile shield

Israel to deploy missile shield

The shield has completed final tests during which it shot down multiple rockets Israel has completed final testing of a short-range missile defence system that could...

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Israeli war game eyes Gaza ‘occupation’

Israeli war game eyes Gaza ‘occupation’

" the rightist government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely gearing up for a massive attack on Gaza" Tel Aviv is conducting war games...

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Plane suspect ‘recruited in London’

Plane suspect ‘recruited in London’

Yemen's army is fighting a resurgent al-Qaeda on its territory A Nigerian man accused of the attempted bombing of a US-bound plane on Christmas Day was recruited...

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