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Iraq: Protester killed, dozen wounded in ethnic clashes in Kirkuk

A protester was shot dead and a dozen wounded on Saturday during clashes between ethnic groups in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk that broke out after days of tensions, security forces and police said. The dispute centres on occupation of a building in Kirkuk that served as the headquarters for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the past but which the Iraqi army has used as a base since 2017. […]

today3 September 2023

International

Israeli TV: Ben-Gvir’s apathy contributed to rise of crime in Arab community

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir's carelessness has contributed to the rise of crimes among the Arab community in Israel, Channel 12 TV said on Friday. According to the Israeli TV, the killing of an 18-year-old woman in northern Israel on Friday put the total number of deaths among Arabs in Israel to 99 since the start of 2023. Today, Saturday, The Times of Israel reported the killing of 21-year-old man, raising the […]

today11 June 2023

International

Netanyahu’s far-right allies complicate expansion of Abraham Accords

INTERNATIONAL Benjamin Netanyahu promised to expand peace deals with Arab states after being tapped to form a new Israeli government, but he will have to contend with far-right and ultra-zionist allies who could complicate those efforts. On Sunday, Netanyahu said he would work on "further peace deals, peace through strength, peace in exchange for peace, with additional Arab countries - and thus, to a large extent, end the Israeli-Arab conflict”. […]

today16 November 2022

International News

Arab nations slam Israel for razing Palestinian village

Palestine, the Arab League, Qatar, and Jordan on Saturday strongly condemned Israel’s demolition of a village in occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. Israel’s recent aggression is “a blatant violation of the rules of international law and international covenants,” Ambassador Saeed Abu Ali, the Arab League’s assistant secretary-general for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories told Palestinian news agency WAFA. “The international community must confront this continuous and escalating Israeli aggression […]

today9 November 2020

International News

Hamas’s Haniyeh: ‘No mercy’ for Arab states who betray Palestinian cause

History will show no mercy to the Arab nations that recognise Israel, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, has told Middle East Eye. Asked about the recent “normalisation” pacts agreed with Israel by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, Haniyeh said that any deal an Arab country makes with Israel will eventually threaten that country. “We know Israeli leaders better than them. We know how they think. We would […]

today14 October 2020

International News

Hariri warns Lebanon faces Arab sanctions risk, to return in days

Saad al-Hariri warned on Sunday Lebanon was at risk of Gulf Arab sanctions because of the Shi’ite group Hezbollah’s regional meddling and said he would return to Lebanon within days to affirm he had resigned as the country’s prime minister. In a television interview, the Saudi-allied Hariri held out the possibility he could yet rescind his resignation if Hezbollah agreed to stay out of regional conflicts such as Yemen, his […]

today13 November 2017

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