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  • February 23, 2021

    French female Daesh members begin hunger strike in Syria, demand return

    Ten French women who joined Daesh and are now being held in Syria, began a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to repatriate them or their children, their lawyers...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Oil spill off Israel coast reaches Lebanon’s shores

    Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Hassan Diab said yesterday he was following up on an oil spill that may have originated from a ship passing near the Israeli coast and...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Lebanon appoints new judge to head blast probe

    Lebanon’s Ministry of Justice on Friday appointed Judge Tarek Bitar to lead the investigation into the Beirut port blast. On Thursday the Lebanese court of cassation dismissed Judge Fadi Sawan from...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Iran FM denies ‘direct contact’ with US over detainees

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, denied on Sunday holding “direct contacts” with the United States concerning American citizens held by the Islamic Republic and vice versa, the Tasnim news agency...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Turkey: ‘Greece continues to escalate tension in Aegean Sea’

    Since the restart of exploratory talks between Turkey and Greece this year, Greece has continued to escalate tension in the region, Anadolu reported sources from Turkish National Defence Ministry saying yesterday....

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  • February 23, 2021

    Palestine PM urges Hamas to release 83 political detainees in Gaza

    Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh yesterday urged Hamas to release the 83 political detainees held by the movement in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu news agency reported. “In compliance with the presidential...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Imagining Palestine: Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the language of exile

    For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homeland and their inability to return. It is not a casual topic pertaining to politics...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Hamas elects members of its shura council

    Members of Hamas have chosen their representatives on local shura councils in a “democratic and fair” election, a statement said today. Elections were held in Gaza and other regions,...

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  • February 23, 2021

    Why did Hamas make concessions in the Cairo talks?

    Only an ignorant individual would deny that Hamas has made some concessions in the Cairo talks and even beforehand. These concessions include the issue of salaries for Palestinian Authority...

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  • February 23, 2021

    PA helping Netanyahu against Joint List bloc, report says 

    An Israeli official from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, Likud, has met with a senior PLO official and close aide of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly to...

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