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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prays for Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a Palestinian inmate who died from cancer in an Israeli hospital, during a Fatah Central Committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this April 2, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mohamed Torokman/Files

Palestinian Authority Approves Egypt’s Initiative on Condition it doesn’t Contradict French Proposal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv-The Palestinian Authority has approved the Egyptian initiative to convene a regional and international summit in Cairo to revive the talks between Israel and the Palestinians, according to political sources in Israel. The sources confirmed that Palestinian...

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Requests to Debrief Netanyahu for Missing Chance to Get Smart Bombs

by Nazir Majli | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Although the Israeli people dislike former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, his latest statements against PM Benjamin Netanyahu are going viral. Some officials are requesting to debrief the premier after being accused of missing a great chance to get a first of...

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Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against ISIS on the front line in Khazer August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Erbil Rejects Baghdad’s Request to Stop Peshmerga Advance towards Mosul

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-Kurdish officials expressed reservations at Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s calls for the Peshmerga to stop its progress in the Nineveh province amid accusations that the Kurdish forces are attempting to seize land with the objective of declaring their...

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A Houthi militant carries his weapon during the funerals of Lutf al-Quhum, a prominent pro-Houthi religious singer, and a Houthi militant in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, in this picture taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

UNHCR: Three Million Uprooted by Conflict in Yemen

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Aden, Riyadh- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) released figures that reveal the rise in forced displacement across Yemen. The conflict has now uprooted 3,154,572 people which include 2,205,102...

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Which Trump Do the Republican Candidate’s Supporters Prefer?

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2016 | World

North Carolina-Donald Trump made a rare act of contrition this week. He did speak with a teleprompter and veered from the invisible screens, saying he regretted offending people with his harsh way of speaking. Some of his supporters, who attended the North Carolina...