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December 7, 2021

EU dismisses request to lift sanctions from Syrian businessman affiliated with Assad

The European Union’s (EU) General Court has dismissed a Syrian businessman’s application to have his sanctions lifted, ruling that he remains a prominent business associate of the Syrian regime...

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December 7, 2021

Why are Lebanon’s politicians fighting the Beirut port blast probe?

An investigation into last year’s Beirut blast is set to resume after a court rejected the last of several lawsuits that had led the probe to be suspended for...

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December 7, 2021

Shadow payment system on rise among European people smugglers

When Kaiwan Hussein, a 26-year-old from Iraqi Kurdistan, arrived in Germany on 23 November, after he slipped across the European Union border from Belarus, he sent a one-word WhatsApp...

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December 7, 2021

FM: Geneva sisters repatriated from Syrian Desert camp

Two Swiss half-sisters, whose mother took them out of the country with her when she joined the Daesh militant group in the Middle East in 2016 have been repatriated...

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December 7, 2021

Who is fighting in Yemen’s war?

The parties to the war in Yemen each have their own agenda, making the conflict hard to resolve. Here are some of these groups and what they want, as...

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December 7, 2021

Saudi suspect of Khashoggi murder arrested in France

A Saudi man has been arrested in France on suspicion of his involvement in the murder of the journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, three years ago. According to reports by French...

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December 7, 2021

Finland grants $8.6m to improve Somali children’s educational opportunities

Finland announced a €7.65 million grant ($8.63 million), Tuesday, to UNICEF to strengthen educational services for children in Somalia, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Finland is extremely pleased to start...

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December 7, 2021

Greek, Israeli, Greek Cypriot leaders hold three-way talks in Jerusalem

The leaders of Greece, Israel, and the Greek Cypriot administration met on Tuesday in Jerusalem for trilateral talks on their relations, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a joint press...

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December 7, 2021

Erdogan slams mosque attacks in Cyprus

Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slammed the recent arson attempt on a mosque in the Greek-administered part of the island, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, Erdogan...

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December 7, 2021

Israel is ignoring citizenship applications of Jewish converts, defying Supreme Court

The Israeli government is failing to approve the citizenship applications of almost 80 converts to Judaism, nine months after the country’s Supreme Court announced its recognition of conversions for...

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