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Palestinian fighters from the Ezzeddine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand inside an underground tunnel in Gaza on August 18, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Hamas Gives Israel’s Agents One Week to Repent

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 5, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas said on Tuesday it would offer a “week of redemption” for collaborators with Israel to avoid arrest and punishment, within a campaign to avenge last month’s assassination of Mazen Faqha, a senior official in Ezzeddine al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas’...

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A woman lights a candle at a symbolic memorial at Sennaya subway station in St Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Russian Terrorist Behind Saint Petersburg Blast

by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 5, 2017 | World

Moscow- Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) said on Tuesday it identified the suspect who carried out the terrorist attack in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg that killed 14 people and injured 49. The man’s name is Akbarjon Djalilov, born in 1995 in...

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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

‘Chemical’ Massacre in Idlib Defies the World

by Youssef Diab, Paula Astih and Najla Habriri | Apr 5, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London- Warplanes releasing toxic gas targeted Tuesday the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, northwestern Syria, massacring dozens of people and injuring hundreds. Many pointed their fingers at the Syrian regime, which denied any responsibility for the attack...

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Remains of 13th Dynasty, Dahshur Necropolis. Image credit:
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Remains of New Pyramid Discovered in Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 5, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Cairo- The Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities announced on Monday it has found remains of an old pyramid dating to the 13th dynasty (1649 – 1783 B.C.) north of King Sneferu’s bent pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis south of Cairo. This new...