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Home2016June

Month: June 2016

ISIS advances in Assad regime's areas near Homs
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ISIS advances in Assad regime’s areas near Homs

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

ISIS militants forced control on Thursday over many Assad regime forces’ checkpoints in Homs eastern countryside with sudden swift blows, according to Amaq, ISIS’ main propaganda agency.  Amaq confirmed that 20 Assad militants were immediately [ More … ]

Syria: West cooperating secretly with Assad regime
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Syria: West cooperating secretly with Assad regime

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Bashar al-Assad, the current Syrian president and the root cause of the Syrian crisis, said in an interview to be broadcast on Friday that Western countries had sent security officials to help his government covertly [ More … ]

Lebanese Army arrests 500 Syrian refugees
Lebanon

Refugee Crisis: Lebanese Army arrests 500 Syrian refugees

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

About 500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon were arrested by the Lebanese Army. They were arrested on Wednesday under many charges following the bombs which took place in the border city al-Qaa two days before, Sham [ More … ]

Calls to suspend Saudi Arabia from UN human rights council
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Calls to suspend Saudi Arabia from UN human rights council

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to suspend Saudi Arabia from the U.N. Human Rights Council until a Saudi-led military coalition stops killing civilians in Yemen. [ More … ]

Russia will support Assad leaving power, but after conditions
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Russia will support Assad leaving power, but after conditions

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Middle East Observer – Russia will support Bashar al-Assad leaving office, but only when it is confident a change of leader will not trigger a collapse of the Syrian government. Getting to that point could [ More … ]

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June 30 and the Democratic Transition Illusion

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Has the dream about a democratic transition in Egypt become an illusion? Three years have passed since June 30, 2013, when General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ousted President Mohamed Morsi, based on a public move that was looking [ More … ]

Column

The Egyptian Youths Are Punished In Prisons

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

By: Ahmed al- Baqry* A handsome young Egyptian youth in the late twenties walks in a steady pace inside the Reichstag building in Berlin, where the German Parliament “Bundestag” headquarters is located. He was one of [ More … ]

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Bitter Recap: A New Report Released On Human Rights Violations In Egypt

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Justice Human Rights Organization –an independent rights organization- has released a report titled: “Bitter Recap” to document human rights violations in Egypt throughout the last 3 years, from (July 2013-July 2016) The report was released [ More … ]

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In Protest against Regeni’s Murder, the Italian Senate Halts Warplane Supplies to Egypt

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Two months after recalling the Italian ambassador from Egypt in light of the unresolved murder of Giulio Regeni, the Italian Senate halts warplanes’ spare parts supplies to Egypt.  On Wednesday, the Italian Senate voted to halt [ More … ]

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Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing For Five Days In Gaza

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

Egyptian authorities on Wednesday reopened the Rafah border crossing with Israel-blockaded Gaza Strip for five days, in order to allow Gazans in urgent need to enter and exit the besieged Palestinian enclave. “The terminal was [ More … ]

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Jordanians Among The Victims Of The Bombings, Royal Jordanian Cancels Flight To Istanbul

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

Jordan Wednesday strongly denounced the two blasts that hit Ataturk Airport in Istanbul late Tuesday, which claimed the lives of 36 people and injured more than a hundred of innocent civilians. Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani [ More … ]

Palestine Latest News

Turkey to send 11,000 Tons of Relief Supplies to Gaza on board Lady Leyla

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

Anadolu Agency reported that Relief supplies for the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip started being loaded Wednesday onto the Lady Leyla, a Panama-flagged ship, in Turkey’s southern port of Mersin. Under the deal, Turkey will be able [ More … ]

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Israeli Cabinet Approves Turkey Reconciliation Deal

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

Israel’s security cabinet has approved an agreement with Turkey that will allow the two countries to restore full diplomatic relations following a six-year hiatus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a Wednesday statement, [ More … ]

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The Mass Trial of Irish Juvenile Halawa and 493 other Prisoners Postponed

June 30, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

After a long delay, Egypt’s Court has postponed a verdict in the mass trial of Irish juvenile Ibrahim Halawa and 493 other prisoners, who were arrested after the military coup in 2013. There were expectations [ More … ]

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Palestinian Woman Killed, 6 Injured, Child Missing in Suicide Attacks on Ataturk Airport

June 30, 2016 MEO Staff

Multiple Palestinians were among the victims of Tuesday’s triple suicide bombings at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, which left 36 dead and more than 140 injured, the ambassador of Palestine to Turkey said on Wednesday. A Palestinian [ More … ]

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