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May 4, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Ramadan will be 30 days

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Suleiman Al Manea, member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars and adviser at the Royal Court, has said that this year Ramadan will be 30 days, Al Shorouq Online reported yesterday. It means that Eid Al-Fitr will be...

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May 4, 2021

Netanyahu accepts Bennett as PM in coalition rotation deal

Head of Israel’s Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday that he was ready to accept Yamina Party head, Naftali Bennett, as prime minister during the first year of a...

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May 4, 2021

Abbas has climbed down on holding the Palestinian elections, as usual

I was one of the first to predict that the Palestinian elections will not take place, from the moment that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of security coordination with the...

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May 4, 2021

Turkey to improve ties with Egypt, minister says

Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mus said Ankara will improve economic relations with Egypt amid efforts to normalise diplomatic ties between the two countries, local media reported yesterday. “Parallel to...

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May 4, 2021

Israel settlers attack Palestinian homes in Nablus

Extremist Jewish settlers yesterday attacked Palestinian homes in occupied Nablus’ southern town of Qusra. The Palestinian official who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas,...

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May 4, 2021

Israel army to double troop numbers in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces are to increase the number of troops in the occupied West Bank in preparation for a possible escalation, Israeli media reported an army official saying yesterday....

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May 4, 2021

Turkey arrests 16 persons for 'funding Daesh'

Turkish security forces yesterday arrested 16 people in the capital city of Istanbul for allegedly “financing Daesh”. Local media quoted security sources as saying that the counterterrorism division of...

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May 4, 2021

Egypt to buy $4.5bn worth of Rafale fighter jets from France

Egypt’s Ministry of Defence has announced that it will buy $4.5 billion worth of Rafale fighter jets from France in a move that has sparked outrage among human rights...

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May 4, 2021

Lebanon arrests two suspects in Saudi drug haul

Lebanon has detained two brothers suspected of being involved in a foiled attempt to smuggle amphetamines into Saudi Arabia, Reuters has reported. The arrests were announced by the caretaker...

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May 4, 2021

Official covid death rate among Egypt’s doctors hits 500

Some 500 doctors have died of coronavirus in Egypt, the doctor’s union has announced, quoting official figures. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights has called on Egypt to declare...

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