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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (L) shakes hands with Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza City October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Hamdallah in Gaza: My Government’s Success Depends on its Ability to Work on Ground

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said on Monday his government’s success in the Gaza Strip would depend on its ability to work on the ground. Hamdallah, accompanied by a senior governmental delegation, crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a...

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A poster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime minister Rami al-Hamdallah hangs on a street in Gaza City, October 1, 2017. (AP)

Palestinian PM Arrives in Gaza in First Step in Reconciliation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 2, 2017 | Middle East

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday in what is seen as a major step towards ending the decade-long rift between Fatah and Hamas, which seized control of the coastal strip in 2007. Hamdallah drove through the Israeli Erez...

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah (Reuters)

Palestinian Government to Visit Gaza on Monday to End Division

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

Rammallah– Palestinian Authority security forces are laying the final touches for the expected visit of Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah to Gaza Strip on Monday. In addition, several engineers and workers are finishing the work needed to prepare the residence of...

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Turkish army’s Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar, center left, escorts Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre during an inauguration ceremony of the Turkish military base in Mogadishu on September 30, 2017. (AFP photo)

Turkey Opens Largest Foreign Military Base in Somalia

by Khalid Mahmoud | Oct 1, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo– Turkey inaugurated its largest foreign military base in the world on Saturday in Mogadishu, Somalia, in a ceremony attended by Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, head of the Turkish military General Hulusi Akar, Somali leaders, and top Turkish military...

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FILE PHOTO: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Al-Sinwar attend a ceremony announcing a new policy document, in Gaza City May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Yehya Sinwar: We Want a Strong Abbas, Will not Allow Anyone to Obstruct Reconciliation

by Kifah Ziboun | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The head of Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya Sinwar, threatened to “break the neck of anyone who would disrupt reconciliation” between his movement and Fatah, saying he wanted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to be “strong, not weak”. His...