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Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
abduct

Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
The wreckage of a Morrocan tank is pictured near the Western Sahara village of Tifariti in the region where the Frente Polisario is fighting for independence for the territory on the west African coast AFP PHOTO / Dominique Faget
Algeria

UN head rejects Moroccan envoy change

UN mission in Western Sahara will remain unchanged

Connor Molloy
Connor Molloy
Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
attack

Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
A man rides his motorbike in Joura in Lebanon's Bekaa valley in the area where the Kuwaiti engineer was allegedly kidnapped AFP PHOTO
abduct

Reports denied of Kuwaiti citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Despite statements by his wife, Lebanese media denies Al-Hooty's abduction

Rana Muhammad Taha
Rana Muhammad Taha
Stranded on the border with Turkey, a Syrian mother takes care of her children after they were displaced from their houses due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Borders

Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah
Fady Salah
A video released by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa on 26 August reportedly shows an Algerian man taken hostage by the MUJAO in April asking Algerian authorities to "save his life" AFP PHOTO / MUJAO
Al-Qaeda

Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Alawite

Daraya massacre aftermath highlights war-crimes

Finding 200 dead bodies, activists accuse the Syrian army of war crimes

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Despite Morsy’s efforts to form a Quartet to solve the Syrian crisis the fighting continues. Syrian children walk past a grounded army tank in the northern town of Azaz on 23 August AFP PHOTO/ ARIS MESSINIS
Conflict

Iran supports Quartet Committee for Syria

The faithful ally to Syria supports President Morsy Quartet committee plan

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Soldiers who served in the Israeli Army between 2005 and 2011 have discussed their treatment of Palestinians in a 72 page report released by an organisation called Breaking the Silence on Sunday (File photo) AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON
arrest

IDF soldiers testify to ill-treatment of Palestinian children

'Harassment, arrest, and mistreatment of Palestinian children' are the main violations outlined…

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam
Dozens of pro-palestinian activists taking part in the 'Welcome to Palestine' campaign protest at the Roissy International airport in April 2012 in Roissy-en-France, northern Paris suburb, after being denied to board planes to Israel (File photo) AFP PHOTO
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Palestine activists challenge West Bank siege

Airflotilla attempts to breach the Israeli siege on Palestine

Hend Kortam
Hend Kortam