en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-08-17 Israel Middle East

Egypt anti-terror laws 'may muzzle media'
Sky News Australia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified an anti-terrorism law which stipulates exorbitant fines, and possible suspension from employment, for 'false' reporting on militant attacks. The controversial law, published in the official gazette ...
Egypt's Sisi approves anti-terrorism law setting up special courts   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Egypt's Sisi ratifies new anti-terrorism law   Business Standard
Egypt adopts anti-terror law critics say may muzzle media   The Sun Daily
International Business Times
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South Sudan's rivals locked in combat
The News International
JUBA: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and arch-rival Riek Machar, his sacked vice-president, have spent the past 20 months locked in combat. Civil war erupted in December 2013 after Kiir accused troops loyal to Machar of staging a failed coup. Both ...
S Sudan leader heads to peace talks as deadline looms   The Nation
South Sudan president Salva Kiir to attend peace talks: minister   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
South Sudan's warring leaders go into negotiations   New Zealand Herald
Hindustan Times
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US-trained Syria rebels do a deal with al-Qaeda-linked group
Telegraph.co.uk
Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria on Sunday released seven members of a US-trained rebel group abducted last month, in a highly unusual move described by the group's leadership as a gesture of good will. The moderate rebel group, known as Division 30, is ...
Al-Qaida releases 7 US-backed rebels in northern Syria   KXXV News Channel 25
Nusra releases seven US-backed Syrian rebels   Al-Bawaba
Al-Qaeda in Syria frees US-trained rebels   The Daily Star

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Egypt aims to live up to Library of Alexandria's heritage
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ahmed Abd El-Latif • El Shorouk newspaper via AP Egyptians gathered near Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo to celebrate the Aug. 6 unveiling of a major extension of the Suez Canal. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the historic achievement was needed ...

Egypts Sees a Return of the Pharaohs   Haaretz
Russia gives Egypt missile ship after Suez Canal opening   Al-Bawaba
Russia presents Egypt with advanced missile ship   Ahram Online
Egypt SIS (press release)
The Cairo Post
Zawya (registration)
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CNN

Iraqi Leader's Overhaul Cuts 11 Cabinet Positions
New York Times
BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq reduced his cabinet to just 22 members from 33 on Sunday as part of a major overhaul in response to mass protests against corruption and poor governance. The decision, announced by his office, would ...

Maliki on hot seat in Iraq over fall of Mosul   Washington Post
Iraqi Prime Minister cuts Cabinet by one-third   CNN International
Shiite Power Struggle in Iraq Threatens Prime Minister's Overhaul of Government   Wall Street Journal
RT
The News International
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NDTV

Arms seized in Kuwait came from Iran: Kuwaiti newspapers
Reuters
KUWAIT A huge arms cache seized in Kuwait last week was smuggled into the country from Iran, two Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Sunday. The Interior Ministry said on Thursday authorities had found ammunition, explosives, weapons and grenades in ...

Reports: Arms Seized in Kuwait Linked to Iran and Hezbollah   Haaretz
Kuwait: Hezbollah case widens as authorities look for three Iranian suspects   Gulf Digital News
Kuwait looking for 3 Iranian suspects in the Hezbollah terror plot   Ya Libnan
Al-Bawaba
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Scores killed by Syria air strikes
The Australian
Syrian warplanes bombed a marketplace near Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 82 people on the day that the new United Nations humanitarian chief paid his first visit to the country. Many people died while helping victims of an initial air strike on ...
Syrian regime raids kill 82 in rebel-held town   The News International
Syria hits Isis-controlled town killing 80   Hamilton Spectator
At least 80 killed and 200 hurt in 'Syrian government bomb attack' on busy ...   Mirror.co.uk
ARA News
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Yvette Cooper calls for Commons motion over Chilcot inquiry delay
The Guardian
MPs should pass a motion demanding publication of the Chilcot report on the Iraq war before the end of the year, the Labour leadership candidate Yvette Cooper has said. The shadow home secretary said she would be ready as Labour leader to work with ...

John Chilcot goes on holiday while families await Iraq Inquiry   Daily Mail
Chilcot inquiry will not name any of the 150 figures responsible for report's ...   The National
Chilcot delay   Scotsman
Belfast Newsletter
Breitbart News
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Syrian Kurdish militia draws recruits as its territory expands
The Daily Star
Rodi Amin, the presenter of Ronahi TV, the only Syrian satellite channel that broadcasts in Kurdish, broadcasts in the studio in Qamishli, a Kurdish-majority city in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on July 14, 2015. AFP PHOTO / YOUSSEF ...

Syrian Kurdish militia expands with its territory   Reuters Africa
Syrian Kurdish Militia Claims 5000 More Fighters Recruited   Antiwar.com

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