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Saudi Says it's Prepared to Handle any Stampede or Disease at Haj
2017-08-30
Saudi health officials overseeing the haj pilgrimage later this week say they are prepared to handle any outbreak of disease or a stampede like the one that killed hundreds of worshippers two years ago.
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Jordan Border Crossing with Iraq to Reopen in Major Boost to Ties
2017-08-30
Jordan will open its main border crossing with Iraq on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, now that Iraqi forces have gained control of the main highway to Baghdad from Islamic State militants, both governments said.
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Iran Rejects U.S. Demand for U.N. Visit to Military Sites
2017-08-30
Iran has dismissed a U.S. demand for United Nations nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as “merely a dream”.
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Saudi Security Forces Brace for Haj but No Militant Threats Detected
2017-08-30
More than 100,000 members of the Saudi security forces will help protect the 2 million worshippers expected to participate in the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage this week, but no specific militant plots have been detected, a senior spokesman said on Tuesday.
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'Gates of Hell': Iraqi Army Says Fighting near Tal Afar Worse than Mosul
2017-08-30
Iraqi forces battling to retake the small town of al-’Ayadiya where militants fleeing Tal Afar have entrenched themselves, saying on Tuesday the fighting is “multiple times worse” than the battle for Mosul’s old city.
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Anti-Shia Bias Driving Saudi Arabia Unrest, Adam Coogle
2017-08-30
“We were too scared to leave our homes, and most of the shops were shut down or burned,” a resident of Awamiya, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern province, told me this month.
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Labour Ministry: 87 Violations of Work Ban in Afternoon Hours Between July and August 21
2017-08-30
Number of violations of the ban on work during afternoon hours, enforced by the law to protect workers, which was committed in the period between July 1 to August 21, 2017 reached 87, with 164 workers breaking the law.
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Local Newspaper: Only One CT Scanner at Salmaniya Hospital Serving Bahrain
2017-08-30
Al-Ayyam newspaper said that the Department of Radiology at the Salmaniya Medical Complex urgently needs a computerized tomography machine known as the “CT scan”.
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BFHR Launches Report about Detained Al-Wefaq Leader Sheikh Hasan Isa Entitled “Trial of Conscience under the Pretext of Terrorism”
2017-08-29
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) launched on Tuesday (August 29, 2017) a report about detained Al-Wefaq leader and former MP Sheikh Hasan Isa entitled “Trial of Conscience under the Pretext of Terrorism”.
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ADHRB Launches "Where is Sayed Alawi?" Campaign on Int'l Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances
2017-08-29
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) launched a campaign through Thunderclap website entitled "Where is Sayed Alawi?" to demand the Bahraini authorities, through social media outlets, reveal the fate of Sayed Alawi Sayed Hussein.
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Fitch: Qatar May Cut Capital Spending because of Sanctions
2017-08-29
Qatar's government may reduce its capital spending on economic projects and infrastructure if damage to its economy from sanctions intensifies, Fitch Ratings said on Monday as it cut the country's credit rating.
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Authorities Set up More Cement Barriers in Diraz
2017-08-29
The security authorities continued to impose more restrictions on residents of Diraz that has been suffering from tight siege since June 2016 and placed more cement barriers inside the village.
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Justice Ministry: Family Courts will Start Sitting Officially on Sept. 10
2017-08-29
The family courts will start sitting officially on September 10, 2017, said the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments.
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King Hamad Ratifies Law regarding Shura Council and Council of Representatives
2017-08-29
Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has ratified and issued Law 33/2017 amending Article 31 of Law Decree 15/2002 regarding the Shura Council and the Council of Representatives after its approval by Parliament.
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Supreme Council of Health Pushes to Employ Unemployed Doctors in Private Hospitals, Says Nothing about Public Sector
2017-08-29
The Supreme Council of Health stressed on necessity to start putting an effective national strategy to train and employ graduate Bahraini doctors, review the regulations and training and employment lists and overcome all the obstacles based on extensive study on this matter.
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CAAT Launches Action to Stop Arming Saudi Arabia
2017-08-29
Campaign against Arms Trade (CAAT) launched a petition campaign through its website demanding the British government to stop arming Saudi Arabia. It said that “For two years the government has refused to stop its immoral and illegal arms sales to Saudi Arabia, ignoring and denying the overwhelming evidence that UK weapons are being used in violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen.”
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UN Chief Guterres Backs Kuwait Efforts to Solve Gulf Crisis
2017-08-29
Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he supported Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Al-Sabah’s efforts to mediate in the Qatar crisis.
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Deep Concern over Hassan Mushaima’s Health, He Underwent His Last Medical Tests A Year Ago
2017-08-28
Family of Secretary-General of the Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy Hassan Mushaima stated that Jaw Prison administration is preventing him from his right to treatment.
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Photos: Security Authorities Deploy Cement Barriers in Adhari Village
2017-08-28
The security authorities continued to harass residents of Adhari village, who suffer from checkpoints and the siege imposed on the village since years, by deploying a large number of cement barriers in different areas in the village.
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Bahrain Arrests Citizen, Forcibly Deports his Family
2017-08-28
Activists on social media outlets confirmed that the security authorities forcibly deported the family of a Bahraini detainee.