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Tension in Turkey amid anger over airstrikes on Kurds and mass arrests
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- Tension in Turkey amid anger over airstrikes on Kurds and mass arrests
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- Clashes have broken out in Turkey over the airstrikes on Kurds and the arrest of hundreds of people across the country.
Water cannon was used to break up demonstrators who gathered for the funeral of a woman killed on Friday.
The suspected member of the outlawed extreme-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front was shot during a police raid.
Authorities say the raids targeted suspected ISIL supporters, the PKK and the extreme-left group, with more than 800 people arrested.
In Ankara, clashes broke out after people demonstrated against the suicide bomb attack by ISIL that killed 32 people in a mainly Kurdish town near the border with Syria.
They also demonstrated against the military action being taken by the government.
Many Kurds have blamed the government for the attack, saying it has refused to confront ISIL. Ankara denies the claims.
Some groups attempted to organise what they call...
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- Clashes erupt at al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem
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- Palestinian youths have clashed with police who entered the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, after skirmishes erupted when Israeli hardliners tried to enter the complex.
Police say the Palestinians had barricaded themselves inside the mosque.
Known to Jews as the Holy Mount, the site is a frequent flashpoint for tensions.
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- Turkey fighter jets strike ISIL targets in Syria
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- Turkish warplanes have struck Islamic State targets in Syria, the government confirmed early Friday morning.
It follows a decision by Turkey to allow the US to use an airbase near the Syrian border to launch attacks against ISIL militants.
Three F-16 fighter jets took off from a base in Diyarbakir and used smart bombs to hit three ISIL targets across the Turkish border province of Kilis, without violating Syrian airspace.
It comes after a cross-border firefight in the same area on Thursday between the Turkish army and ISIL fighters which left one militant and one soldier dead.
Police launched overnight raids on more than 100 suspected ISIL and Kurdish militant locations in Istanbul. At least 251 people have been detained so far, according to the Prime Minister’s office.
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- Ferry and cargo vessel in fatal collision on the River Nile
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- 11 years ago
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- As many as 21 people, including two children, have been killed after a cargo boat collided with a ferry on the River Nile in Egypt.
Five were plucked from the water and authorities are still searching for six individuals believed missing.
Police have arrested the captain of the cargo vessel and his second in command.
Those on board the ferry were attending an engagement party.
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- Turkey: tit-for-tat attacks continue along Syrian border
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- A soldier has been killed and another wounded in Turkey by cross-border gunfire near the border town of Kilis.
It follows the killing of a Turkish police officer earlier on Thursday in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.
On Tuesday, two police officers where killed in an attack in Ceylanpinar, admitted to by Kurdish militants.
The tit-for-tat attacks began when a suicide bomber targeted a group of pro-Kurdish activists in the town of Suruç on Tuesday. The atrocity has been widely attributed to the self-titled group, Islamic State.
The government is promising to tighten security along the Syrian border.
“By building walls, the aim is to block the terrorists’ path and prevent smuggling,” Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters. “The plan is also to direct the flow of refugees through the main entrance points along the border.”
But people here are angry and it has brought them onto the s...
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- Robot tries to unlock Giza pyramid’s secrets
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- It’s a puzzle that has had Egyptologists scratching their heads for decades. What look like air shafts in the Great Pyramid of Giza are blocked from the outside and no definite explanation has been found so far as to their meaning or where they lead to.
But a team at Leeds University is hoping to uncover one of the world’s oldest secrets with its so-called Djedi robot.
It’s not the first time a robot has explored the inside of the tiny shafts within the great pyramid of Giza. But so far, none have been small or nimble enough to reach the end of the shafts. Djedi’s creators hope this one will succeed and help uncover some of the secrets of the pyramids.
“What our robot here does is, using these four soft pads that brace against the shaft walls, once it moves these never move and braze away. So it’s a very low impact method of travelling inside the air shafts,” explains research student Jason Liu.
Djedi was built using a 3...
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- UN envoy ‘concerned’ about barrel bombs killing civilians in Syria
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- The United Nations envoy for Syria says government barrel bomb airstrikes have caused widespread civilian death and destruction in the city of Zabadani.
Fierce clashes and heavy bombardments continued overnight in and around the city.
Staffan de Mistura has expressed deep concern over the situation with the civilian population.
“In a statement issued last night, he cited reliable local sources that confirmed that a large number of barrel bombs have been dropped,” a UN spokesperson told reporters. “The ‘Army of Conquest’ have retaliated by firing rockets and heavy mortar shells on two villages near Idlib, Al Foua and Kefraya, where a substantial number of civilians are trapped.”
Control of Zabadani is crucial to consolidating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s control of the border zone between Lebanon and Syria.
Rebels say that although the army had surrounded insurgents inside the city centre and cut suppli...
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- Spain warns discretion needed as journalists go missing in Syria
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- 11 years ago
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- The Spanish Foreign Ministry has appealed for discretion after local media reported three journalists missing in Syria may have been kidnapped.
Spanish nationals José Manuel Lopez, Antonio Pampliega and Angel Sastre travelled to Aleppo from Turkey on July 10, 2015, to work on an investigative report. Contact was lost two days later.
However Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo appeared optimistic the case would be resolved.
“Unfortunately, this is not the first case I have had in the last four years. Some have been picked up by the press and others haven’t. But every case has been resolved so far. In my experience, what isn’t picked up by the press is resolved quicker,” adding:
“What we want is to bring them back home safely sooner rather than later and, for that, discretion is paramount.”
A further three Spanish journalists were taken in the Aleppo region in 2014 and released in March 2015, after 194 days in c...
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- Saudi Arabia’s mistake in announcing Eid al Fitrangers Muslims worldwide
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- Iraq: US Predator drone worth millions crashes in Samawa
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- 'Oldest' Koran found in Birmingham BBC News
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- Iraq violence IS 'behind Iraq car bomb attack'
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- Syria: Spanish journalists missing, presumed kidnapped
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- Three Spanish journalists have gone missing after entering Syria in mid-July.
Spanish media reports the group are believed to have been kidnapped.
Antonio Pampliega, Angel Sastre and cameraman Jose Manuel Lopez travelled to Syria via Turkey on July 10, 2015, and have not been heard from since July 12.
They were said to be working on an investigative report in the northern city of Aleppo, near to areas controlled by the self-styled Islamic State.
Over the past year, the Islamist group has kidnapped and killed a number of Western journalists in civil war-torn Syria.
A further three Spanish journalists were taken in the Aleppo region in 2014 and released in March this year, after 194 days in captivity.
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- Suruc suicide bombing: Turkey ‘identifies suspect’ in ISIL-claimed attack
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- 11 years ago
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- On July 20, 2015, a group of young, political activists in the southern Turkish town of Suruc posed for what may have been their last photos.
Just moments later, a blast would tear through the gathering, killing at least 32 and wounding more than a hundred.
The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says a suspect had been identified and his international and domestic links are being investigated.
However, Selahattin Demirtas, the co-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP Party was sceptical of authorities’ reactions:
“Recent history in Turkey shows us that those responsible for massacres in which the state played a role, which were carried out with support from within the state, have never been caught. Our recent history is full of numerous examples of this,” he told the press.
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- Disbelief and determination at funeral for Suruc suicide-bomb victims
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- 11 years ago
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- A mass funeral has been held in Gaziantep, southern Turkey for 27 of the victims of the suicide bombing in Suruc.
Most of those who died in the attack were students of university age who had gathered at a cultural centre ahead of a planned trip to help rebuild the neighbouring Syrian town of Kobani.
The feeling among mourners was one of disbelief, but also determination.
“We will not give up, whatever happens,” said one woman. “We will defend peace and brotherhood.”
Another woman lost a friend in the attack. She said:
“I really can’t believe this. I thought when I saw his mother I would believe it, but I feel as though he will return soon. I can’t believe it. He was against violence.”
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- Suruç attack: Turkey to tighten security along border with Syria
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- The political consequences of Monday’s suicide bomb attack in the Turkish city of Suruç are beginning to make themselves felt.
For the most part the victims were young activists, meeting to make plans for a humanitarian trip to Syria.
At least 31 people died and 104 were injured. Ankara is blaming the group calling itself Islamic State.
Security to be tightened along border with Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says security measures along the border with Syria will be increased. But he also warned that Turkey’s internal security could be compromised by the spillover of conflict from neighbouring countries.
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- Forensic scientists reveal ancient text on charred biblical scroll
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- Israeli archaeologists have discovered writing on a charred 1,500-year-old piece of parchment, using advanced digital imaging technology.
The object was found 45 years ago in the same area where the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Until now science wasn’t advanced enough to reveal the ancient text.
Archaeologist Sefi Porat who is co-ordinator of the dig said the scroll dates to around the years 600 and turned up inside the remains of an ancient synagogue.
At the time it was found, forensics technology then used to analyse the ancient find could not discern any writing on the badly charred scroll.
Experts believe they have discovered the first eight verses of the Bible’s Old Testament book of Leviticus..
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- Turkey: Death toll climbs in Suruc attack
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- The aftermath of a deadly suicide bombing in Suruc, Turkey.
At least 31 people were killed and 104 were injured in the attack.
The blast ripped through a group of mostly university-aged students gathered to make a statement to the local press about a trip they were planning to rebuild Kobani across the border in Syria.
Ankara says initial evidence suggests the bombing was the work of ISIL militants.
“We have to condemn terror no matter where it comes from,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference on an official visit in Cyprus. “We always say there is no place in any religion, nation, or country for terror. Thus we always underline the need for an international fight against terror and still do.”
Just a 15 minute drive across the border from Suruc, Kobani has become a key battleground for ISIL militants who overran the town in September last year. It was retaken by the Kurdish forces earlier this ye...
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- Dozens killed in Turkish-Syrian border town blasts
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- Separate explosions in Turkish and Syrian border towns have killed dozens.
Suruc, Turkey
At least 30 people have been killed in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc, some ten kilometres from the border with Syria.
Turkish officials told Reuters news agency that initial evidence suggested an ISIL suicide attack had caused the blast.
It occurred outside a cultural centre in the town. Pervin Buldan, a senior MP in the pro-Kurdish HDP Party said the incident happened as Turkish and Kurdish youths gathered at the centre ahead of a planned trip to the Syrian town of Kobani. The town was secured by Syrian Kurdish fighters in June following an assault by ISIL militants.
Local officials say they are investigating the possibility it may be a suicide bombing. The Interior Ministry is labelling the incident a “terrorist attack”.
It said around a hundred people are being treated in local hospitals and there...
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- Crisis and conflict overshadow Eid in the Middle East
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- In Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, like Muslims around the world, has marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival.
It is supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions in the Muslim calendar but in Yemen, hit by fighting and airstrikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition, joy is in short supply.
“Most people will not feel the joy of Eid because they are displaced from their homes and some children are homeless,” said Mabrouk al-Matari, a resident of the capital, Sanaa.
“People are in a very difficult situation. Times are tough. They don’t have an income. They are having to look for their daily bread.”
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- Eid begins, but not necessarily with a celebratory atmosphere
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- Eid-al-Fitr has begun. The Muslim celebration marking the end of Ramadan begins with the start of the lunar month of Shawwal and traditionally lasts three days.
Gaza
The festival begins with prayer, which was led in Gaza by Khaled Mashal, the leader of the Hamas Islamist group.
Worshippers congregated in an area devastated during 50 days of fighting last summer.
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- Rice Carter to travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran
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- South Sudan's leaders urged to put the interest of the people first
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- Exiled Yemen government sends delegation back to war torn Aden
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- Iran nuclear deal Rouhani 'pleased to reach new level'
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- Iran nuclear deal Zarif hails 'important achievement'
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- Van Persie completes Fenerbahce move
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- 11 years ago
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- Turkey’s Fenerbahce has completed the signing of
Robin van Persie from Manchester United.
He has agreed a three-year deal for a reported 6.8 million euros.
The Dutch striker, 31, says he has always liked the passion in Turkey from the fans and his confidence is sky high.
“With this team we can win trophies. So my aim is to win as many trophies as we can over the next couple of years and do really well in Europe. Because I believe that it is possible to surprise in Europe as well.”
Van Persie joins his former United team mate Nani after the Portugal winger completed a move to the Turkish club last week.
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- Yemen: coalition forces retake Aden airport
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- 11 years ago
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- Coalition forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled president have recaptured the airport in the country’s second city of Aden.
Houthi rebel forces were pounded as they pulled back from positions they had held since forcing Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi into exile in Saudi Arabia in March.
The offensive, backed by Saudi Arabia, has been bombing rebel positions for the last three months.
At least 25 people died and 50 were wounded in a coalition air strike on the capital, Sanaa, on Monday.
An estimated 3,200 people have died in the conflict since March alone.
The UN has declared Yemen a level three humanitarian emergency, the highest on the scale. 80 percent of the population, more than 21 million people, need aid.
13 million face food shortages while access to water is difficult for more than nine million.
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- Iran nuclear deal: a stunning, historic mistake says Netanyahu
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- “A stunning, historic mistake.”
This is how the Israeli Prime Minister sees the historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme. For Benjamin Netanyahu, this not so much a step forward as a step back:
“The world is a much more dangerous place today than it was yesterday. In fact the deal gives Iran every incentive not to change. in the coming decade the deal will reward Iran and the terrorist regime in Tehran , with hundreds of billions of dollars. This cash bonanza will fuel iran’s terrorism worldwide, its aggression in the region and its efforts to destroy Israel which are ongoing.”
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- Iraqi-American artist Amir ElSaffar at Istanbul Jazz Festival
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- Dozens die in Iraq blasts
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- At least 21 killed in Saudi led strikes in Yemen
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- Malala 'I promised to help people'
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- Lebanon during Ramadan, pastry chefs have their hands full
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- Fire at Dubai Creek
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- Netanyahu tweets in Farsi to persuade Iranians nuclear deal is bad
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- 11 years ago
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- A staunch and consistent opponent of a nuclear accord with Iran, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken to tweeting in Farsi – to communicate, he said, with ordinary Iranians.
He repeated his argument that a deal would pave the way for Iran to get nuclear bombs and “billions of dollars for terrorism”, and that the Tehran leadership should not be engaged diplomatically while it orchestrates anti-American “hate marches” on the streets.
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- Yemen ‘humanitarian truce’ breached by more fighting and airstrikes
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- 11 years ago
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- At least 35 people are believed to have been killed in fighting near the Yemeni city of Aden and ten more in airstrikes on the capital Sanaa.
The deaths occured despite a temporary humanitarian truce brokered by the United Nations which was supposed to have begun on Saturday.
A coalition of Arab states has been bombarding Houthi rebels since March in a bid to reinstate President Abd- Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Meanwhile a mass funeral has taken place in Yemen’s Hadramount province for 53 soldiers killed by friendly fire,
They died on Wednesday when the Saudi-led Arab coalition bombed a military base packed with troops loyal to Yemen’s president who had fled to Riyadh..
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- Film legend Omar Sharif is laid to rest in Cairo
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- The funeral was held in Cairo on Sunday of Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif.
Family, friends and fellow Egyptian stars were among those paying their last respects to the 83-year-old who died of a heart attack on Friday.
A religious ceremony was held at a mosque in a Cairo suburb
After traditional prayers, Sharif’s coffin was driven to the Sayyeda Nefissa cemetery to the south of the Egyptian capital.
Sharif will be remembered worldwide for his acclaimed roles in films like ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.
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- Hero’s welcome for Islamic Jihad hunger striker freed from Israeli jail
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- 11 years ago
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- Early on Sunday morning, jubilant supporters gathered to give a hero’s welcome to an Islamic Jihad activist freed from an Israeli jail after nearly two months on hunger strike.
Khader Adnan refused food for 56 days to protest at being held for a year without trial under so-called administrative detention, a security measure Israel says it employs to prevent violence.
“The occupier made a mistake in imprisoning me the first time and the second time and all the other times,” he told reporters.
“And today they have made a mistake freeing me unusually early in the day, thinking that this would stifle Palestinian joy. It is a cowardly act by the occupier who is afraid of the joy and love that Palestinians have for their prisoners.”
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- 12 июля 2015 г
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- Keeping tradition alive: Jerusalem wakes up to the sound of a Musaharaty
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- 11 years ago
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- Jerusalem is woken up to the sound of a Musaharaty every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
His drum beat breaks the night silence as he walks through the city, acting as a human alarm clock. His call reminds people that it is time for the sohor, a small meal eaten before day breaks and fasting begins.
Nidal Hijazi has taken on the role of the Musaharaty in Jerusalem’s Old City.
He stops at almost every house in the neighbourhood to call out the residents’ names.
It’s a tradition dating back centuries, but one that seems to have faded in the city in recent times.
“In the past, we heard there were many Musaharaty,” he explained. “But then this figure disappeared for a number of years. So we wanted to revive this old Palestinian tradition in Jerusalem, particularly in the Old City.”
In some parts of the Arab world the Musaharaty has been replaced by young men from the local mosques, who ...
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- China Bans Ramadan – Turkey Protests For China's Uyghurs
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- Iran nuke deal Oil prices could drop if sanctions are lifted
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- U S 's Kerry says not in rush to get Iran nuclear deal
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- UN brokers brief humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Yemen
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- 12 years ago
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- Yemen’s warring factions have agreed to a United Nations-brokered temporary ceasefire to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to some 21 million people in need, the UN has confirmed.
The truce is set to begin on Friday night (July 10) at 11.59pm local time.
It is hoped the pause in fighting between Houthi-rebels and pro-government fighters will last through to the end of Ramadan – the Muslim holy month, which is due to draw to a close almost a week after the ceasefire begins.
An alliance of Arab states has formed a near blockade in Yemen, aimed at preventing weapons deliveries to the Shi’ite rebels. However, relief agencies claim this, combined with ongoing daily battles have created a humanitarian disaster in the country.
More than 80 percent of its population is believed to now need some form of emergency aid after three months of heavy fighting.
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- Thai consulate in Istanbul attacked in protest over treatment of Uighar Muslims
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- 12 years ago
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- Turkish protesters have attacked the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul in protest at Bangkok’s expulsion of nearly 100 Uighar Muslims back to China.
The expulsion happened despite human rights groups warning that the Uighars could face ill-treatment.
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- Gaza 0% rebuilt, one year after Operation Protective Edge
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- 12 years ago
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- One year after fighting between Gaza militants and Israel, the Palestinian enclave remains heaped with ruins — infrastructure and thousands of homes destroyed, displacing around 100,000 people.
Imports of reconstruction material are restricted.
The United Nations last month said it could take 30 years to repair the damage.
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge was the third war in six years. It lasted for 50 days. Health officials said more than 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed and 10,000 wounded.
The air and artillery bombardment and then a ground invasion were retaliation for rocket and mortar attacks into Israel from Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants. this had followed previous air strikes after three Israeli teenagers were abducted and murdered.
Israel said six of its civilians were killed and 67 soldiers.
The UN chief investigator afterwards said the Gaza suffering was unprecedented and...
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- Yemen rocked by deadly car bombs
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- 12 years ago
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- Yemen has been rocked by deadly car bombs a day after an airstrike and fighting between rival froces killed almost 200 people across the country.
The self-styled Islamic State in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack in the capital Sana’a, where a vehicle laden with explosives was detonated near a hospital and a mosque, it’s unclear how many were killed or injured in the attack.
While in al-Badya in the south of the country, at least 10 died in a separate attack.
On Monday, at least 176 civilians and fighters were killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and clashes. It marks the highest daily death toll since the air offensive began more than three months ago.
The UN is pushing for an end to the fighting which has already claimed more than 3,000 lives.
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- Turkish fury as minority Muslims ‘banned from fasting’ in China
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- 12 years ago
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- Protesters in Istanbul have burned Chinese flags and demonstrated against what they claim is the religious suppression of minority Uighur Muslims by authorities in China’s Xinjiang province.
Turkish media has reported that the minority group there have been banned from fasting and worship during the holy month of Ramadan.
Beijing says Uighur Muslims enjoy freedom of religion.
Protesters marched to the Chinese consulate in Istanbul carrying flags and banners and chanting anti-China slogans outside the building.
Many Turks see themselves as sharing religious and cultural ties with Uighurs.
Last week, Turkey vowed to keep its doors open to Uighur migrants fleeing persecution in China.
Beijing has warned its citizens travelling in Turkey that some Chinese tourists have been attacked.
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- Aleppo: Syrian Army says it has control of contested district of city
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- 12 years ago
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- The Syrian army says it has taken control of a district in Aleppo City after an intense offensive by rebel groups.
A video released by the Syrian army showed itssoldiers walking through the streets of the district of Jamiyat al-Zahra.
Aleppo is 50 km south of the Turkish border. It was Syria’s most populous city before the country’s descent into civil war. It has been partitioned into zones of government and insurgent control since 2012.
On Saturday, President Assad’s army and his allies, the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, said they launched a major assault to recapture the rebel-held city of Zabadani.
Zabadani is of crucial importance. Not only is it near Damascus but it is also close to the main highway linking the Syrian capital to Lebanon’s capital city Beirut.
