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Hamas says invited to Moscow for talks

GAZA, 29 Jan 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Palestinian resistance group Hamas said it has been invited by a Russian think-tank to visit Moscow next month for talks.  In a statement, the group said it has received an invitation from the government-affiliated Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences to visit Moscow in February.  "The talks will dwell on a host of issues, including the internal Palestinian situation and the possibility of healing the inter-Palestinian rift," the statement said.  Last week, Palestinian Ambassador in Moscow Abdel Hafiz Nofal told Anadolu Agency a number of Palestinian groups will meet in Moscow on Feb. 11 upon an invitation from the Institute of Oriental Studies for reconciliation talks.  Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh had been scheduled to visit Moscow this

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Figures linked to Algerian president banned from travel

ALGIERS, 02 Apr 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: The Algerian public prosecutor's office on Monday banned several businessmen close to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from travelling abroad after accusing them of currency smuggling.  In a statement, the public prosecutor's office said the targeted individuals -- including several business tycoons linked to the president -- were being investigated for allegedly smuggling foreign currency out of the country. Those banned from travel include Ali Haddad, one of Algeria’s richest businessmen, who was stopped Sunday morning while attempting to cross the Tunisian border, according to local media reports. On Sunday, Algeria’s Civil Aviation Authority also reportedly issued an order preventing the departure of all private aircraft from the country’s

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Jordanians stage pro-Palestine rally near Dead Sea

DEAD SEA, 27 Apr 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Thousands of people demonstrated on Friday in Jordan’s western Dead Sea region against the so-called “Deal of the Century”, a backchannel U.S. Middle East peace plan, the terms of which have yet to be publicized. Organized by the Islamic Movement (affiliated with Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood), the rally was held in the Sweimeh area adjacent to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Protesters chanted slogans in support of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and condemned recent incursions into the mosque compound by Jewish settlers and Israeli officials. Demonstrators also demanded the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in historical Palestine, from which they were driven in 1948 to make way for the new state of Israel. Since taking office in early

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