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June 21, 2021

Siege forces Gaza’s Pepsi factory to close

Gaza’s Pepsi bottling company was forced to halt operations this week due to Israeli import restrictions that were tightened during its 11-day assault on the Strip, Reuters reported the company’s owners...

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June 21, 2021

New Saudi envoy takes office in Qatar

Qatar’s foreign minister today received Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to Doha, the first to be reinstated by Arab states that had agreed to end a row with Qatar earlier this year,...

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June 21, 2021

Marwan Barghouti is top of prisoner exchange list, says Hamas

Hamas has said that it will prioritise the release of senior Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in any prisoner exchange deal with Israel. This was revealed after a meeting between...

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June 21, 2021

Turkey and Rwanda ‘keen’ on financial cooperation

Turkey and Rwanda are apparently keen to explore cooperation opportunities in the financial sector, Anadolu has reported. The vehicle for this would be Rwanda’s major initiative, the Kigali International...

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June 21, 2021

German FM urges EU to update migrant deal with Turkey

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on the European Union to update its migrant deal with Turkey, as he highlighted the importance of further funding, Die Welt reports. “We need an...

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June 21, 2021

Palestine seeks to renew 1m covid vaccine exchange deal with Israel

The Palestinian Authority (PA) plans to renew a deal to receive 1.4 million Pfizer vaccines from Israel, after rejecting the original supply due to the vaccines being too close to their...

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June 21, 2021

Germany bans Hamas flag, citing rise in anti-Semitism

Germany has agreed to ban the flag of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, citing a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents following Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Strip. According...

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June 21, 2021

Iraq hands death sentence to Daesh’s ‘Sharia judge’

An Iraqi court today handed a death sentence to Daesh’s “Sharia judge” after convicting him of killing 5 security forces in the country. According to a statement by the...

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June 21, 2021

US troop withdrawal from Saudi imminent as Washington seeks to contain China

US military hardware and personnel are being withdrawn from Saudi Arabia and several other countries in the Middle East as Washington nears the completion of its global review of...

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June 21, 2021

US withdraws Patriot missile defence system from Middle East

The United States is withdrawing its Patriot anti-missile defence batteries from four Middle Eastern states as it continues to reduce its military presence in the region, according to a...

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