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Ex-Gaza Chief Haniya Elected Leader of Hamas

Hamas's former chief in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, has been elected overall head of the Palestinian Islamist group,...

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Israelis Warned Not To Visit Tunisia For Jewish Festival

Israel warned its citizens on Wednesday against visiting Tunisia, where Jewish pilgrims will celebrate a religious...

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HRW Condemns Hamas Detention of ‘mentally Ill’ Israelis

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned the "illegal" detention of two Israeli citizens by Hamas, releasing new...

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Hamas Seen Facing Long Path To End Isolation Despite New Policy

Hamas has softened its stance on Israel after long calling for its destruction, but the Palestinian movement must do...

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Main Points of New Hamas Policy Document

The six-page Document of General Principles and Policies unveiled Monday by Hamas, accepts a Palestinian state within...

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New Hamas Document Accepts Palestinian State With 1967 Borders

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas unveiled Monday a new policy document easing its stance on Israel after having...

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Hamas To Announce New Principles Easing Stance On Israel

Hamas was to unveil a new policy document on Monday that eases its stance on Israel after earlier calling for the...

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New Hamas Chief To Be Announced Soon

The new leadership of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas will be announced in the coming days, officials said Sunday,...

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Hamas To Amend Controversial Charter In Bid To Ease Ties

Hamas is to unveil a new version of its controversial founding charter which called for the destruction of Israel in a...

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Hamas Hangs Three Gaza ‘collaborators’ With Israel

Gaza's Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel Thursday following calls for revenge for...

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Hamas Offers Clemency To Israeli ‘collaborators’ After Killing

Hamas has offered "collaborators" with Israel a week to turn themselves in and receive clemency as it investigates the...

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Hamas Mulls Revenge After Commander Killed

After openly accusing Israel of assassinating a key military commander near his Gaza home, experts agree that...

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Mali’s State of Emergency Extended By 10 Days

The state of emergency in force almost non-stop for 16 months in Mali was extended by 10 days from Friday, the...

International

US Beefs Up Muscle In Somalia Fight

The US provides military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabab President Donald Trump has given the US...

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‘Incitement’ Or History? Israeli-Palestinian Debate Rages

At Amin al-Husseini secondary school in the occupied West Bank, with an Israeli settlement visible in the distance,...

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Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque

The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed...

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Gaza Rocket Hits Israel Prompting Retaliatory Shelling

A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip slammed into southern Israel on Saturday, prompting retaliatory...

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January Raid In Yemen Killed 4 To 12 Civilians

Up to a dozen civilians died during a controversial January raid against Al Qaeda in Yemen, but an investigation did...

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US Strikes Pound Qaeda For Second Day

US fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda targets in Yemen for a second straight day on Friday, security and tribal sources...