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Israel court orders removal of part of settlement outpost

The Israeli High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of parts of a Jewish settlement outpost that were built on private Palestinian land, hours after parliament passed a law legalizing similar cases. The court ruled that 17 caravans in the Tapuah West outpost in the northern West Bank were...

Turkish opposition leader backs Yes vote in referendum

The leader of Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has voiced support for constitutional reforms in the upcoming referendum in April. Speaking during his party’s parliamentary group meeting in Ankara on Tuesday, Devlet Bahceli said: “Yes for nation, yes for the state,...

Jordan ponders a change of course on Syria

(The National)- On December 31, 2016, in an interview with the BBC, Lieutenant General Mahmoud Freihat, Jordan’s chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, spoke about Jordan’s neighbours, ISIL’s presence in southern Syria and its threat to Jordanian national security, as well as the group’s...

Israel parliament set to finalise settlements bill

 Israel's parliament was set Monday to finalize a bill that would legalize dozens of Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank, despite a U.S. call for restraint. It had initially been uncertain that a vote would take place Monday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said...