en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-01-03 Israel Middle East

Amal Clooney threatened with arrest in Egypt
TVNZ
Human rights barrister Amal Clooney was warned by Egyptian officials that she risked arrest after exposing serious flaws in the country's judicial system. Amal, wife of Ocean's Eleven actor George Clooney, identified the flaws that subsequently led to the ...

Newsmen in prison   DAWN.com
Jailed Aussie journalist asks to be deported from Egypt   The Star Online
Two jailed journalists seek deportation after court orders their retrial   Irish Examiner
Business Insider
Daily Sabah
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Saudi IS cleric killed in northern Syria
Zee News
Beirut: A Saudi cleric with the Islamic state group has been killed in the northern Syrian town of Kobani that has been witnessing intense clashes for months between jihadis and Kurdish gunmen, activists have said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for ...

Pentagon: Coalition Warplanes Stepped Up Airstrikes in December   Wall Street Journal (blog)
US, partners continue airstrikes on IS targets   Xinhua
Airstrikes, rival shelling kill dozens in Syria   Deutsche Welle
Washington Post
Telegraph.co.uk
The Times (subscription)
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France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention
Jerusalem Post
NIAMEY - French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday world powers must tackle instability in Libya but he stopped short of openly backing the military intervention called for by regional powers in the Sahel. Speaking shortly after meeting Le ...

France to Purchase American Reaper Drones   Peninsula On-line
Intervention in Libya 'essential' says Niger president   Yahoo News
French Defense Minister for political solution in Libya   The North Africa Post

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At least seven killed in Al-Shabab attack at Somali military base
The Daily Star
A policeman secures the scene of a car bomb explosion near the Taleex junction of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 2, 2015. REUTERS/Feisal Omar. Connect; Tweet; RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. Reuters. MOGADISHU: Somalian Al-Shabab ...

4 soldiers, 6 militants die in Al-Shabaab attack, Somali police official says   CNN
7 killed in Shabab attack at Somali military base   Arab News
Seven die in Shebab attacks in Somalia: Officials   Zee News
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Channel News Asia
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World Digest: Jan. 2, 2015
Washington Post
The Royal Court said that King Abdullah is being treated for pneumonia and that his condition stabilized after doctors inserted a breathing tube. The statement, released Friday by Saudi state media, says the 90-year-old king was transferred Thursday to a ...

Generation change in Saudi Arabia?   Deutsche Welle
Saudi king suffered from lung infection   The Daily Star
Saudi King needed help breathing due to pneumonia: Royal court   Zee News
Arab News
Saudi Press Agency
Saudi Gazette
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Police, opposition protesters clash in Bahrain
The Daily Star
DUBAI: Anti-riot police and hundreds of demonstrators keeping up daily protests to demand the release of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition leader clashed Friday in villages near Manama, witnesses said. They said an unspecified number of arrests were ...

Protests sweep Bahrain for release of opposition leader   Business Standard
Bahrainis rally in support of jailed cleric   Tehran Times
Clashes erupt at demonstrations in Bahrain   Aljazeera.com
Jerusalem Post
Reuters
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As Refugee Tide Swells, Lebanon Plans a Visa Requirement for Syrians
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — For the first time since colonial powers carved Syria and Lebanon into separate countries, Syrians will soon need visas to enter Lebanon, the latest and most significant in a series of new measures by Syria's neighbors to try to control an ...

New entry measures for Syrians won't bar dire humanitarian cases   The Daily Star
Snapshot: 'Young Syrian refugee', by Sam Tarling   Financial Times
Turkey strengthens rights of Syrian refugees   gulfnews.com
Heritage Florida Jewish News
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American surfer, grandfather ditches board to join fight against ISIS
Q13 FOX
ISTANBUL — A 49-year-old American surf instructor and grandfather ditched his board and moved to Syria to fight ISIS after recently watching a news report, the Daily Mail reports. According to the Daily Mail, Dean Parker, who has no previous military ...

Floridian Surfer Dude Takes Up Arms Against ISIS   Breitbart News
Surfer From West Palm Beach Travels to Syria to Fight ISIS   New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)
Peshmerga Gearing to Retake More Kurdish Lands From ISIS   AINA (press release)

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Give democratic Tunisia the US support it needs and deserves
Washington Post
TUNIS. Tunisia is rightly hailed as the lone success story of the Arab Spring: the only country that has threaded a path from the uprisings of 2011 to genuine multiparty democracy today. Yet the future of freedom in Tunisia is far from assured. With the election ...

Tunisia's new govt won't include Ennahda   Turkish Press
Tunisia inaugurates first freely elected president   UPI.com
Beji Caid Essebsi sworn in as President of Tunisia   Jagran Josh

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Pessimism as Syrian opposition decides on Moscow talks
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Syria's opposition-in-exile National Coalition will decide this weekend whether to attend a set of meetings in Moscow designed to launch a transitional political process amid rising disappointment with preparations for the event. The Coalition's ...

Russia: Syria's game changer   Arab News
Syrian opposition holding talks   Herald Scotland
Syrian opposition to discuss Russian peace plan   Ammon News

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