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ISIS and the neocons: fearful symmetry?
The map that ISIS has drawn up of its proposed "caliphate" has internal borders closely mirroring the new borders that neocons seek to impose on the Middle East.
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Bahrain: investigation of opposition online content
Bahrain's Ministry of Interior initiated a criminal investigation into alleged illegal content posted by the country's main opposition group, a-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
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Rights groups call for release of Syria activists
A coalition of international rights groups called for the release of three Syrian journalists who have been held without trial for three years under the country's Anti-Terrorism Law.
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Morsi goes on trial over espionage allegations
An Egyptian court put ex-president Mohammed Morsi on trial over accusations of spying and endangering national security by leaking information to Qatar.
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Kurdish forces drive ISIS back from Kobani
Kurdish forces continue to drive ISIS back from Kobani, and have retaken more than 100 villages from the jihadists since pushing the last of them out of the urban center.
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Amnesty: Egypt covering up protester deaths
Amnesty International charged that the Egyptian government is covering up the deaths of more than two dozen people in protests on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising.
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UN rights experts urge Oman to release activist
Rights activist Said Ali Said Jadad was arrested with no warrant by Omani authorities, charged with undermining the prestige of the state and inciting demonstrations.
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ISIS burns cannabis, snorts coke?
As ISIS burns the cannabis fields of northern Syria, Kurdish fighters at Kobani claim that ISIS forces besieging the town are snorting cocaine to keep their spirits up.
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Egypt: 516 Muslim Brotherhood supporters arrested
Security forces in Egypt arrested 516 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in protests marking the fourth anniversary of the country's 2011 revolution.
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Egypt: court upholds convictions of activists
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld convictions and three-year prison sentences of three activists for violating the country's controversial new anti-protest law.
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Kurdish forces claim victory at Kobani
Kurdish forces at Kobani announced that the town is now under their full control, with ISIS militants driven out of all neighborhoods. The claim was confirmed by the Pentagon.
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Egypt: leftist protester killed at Tahrir Square
Protests around the commemoration of Egypt's 2011 revolution may be dominated by Islamist Morsi supporters, but an early demonstration called by a socialist party saw one killed.