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  • November 2, 2021

    Bahrain calls on its citizens to leave Lebanon

    Bahrain today called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, the state news agency reported. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait have recently withdrawn their ambassadors from Beirut in protest against...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Sheikh Jarrah residents refuse to pay rent to settler groups 

    Palestinian families facing eviction from their homes in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood today turned down an Israeli court’s offer to provide them ‘protected residence’ status, saying that if they pay rent to...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Turkey deports Syrians over ‘provocative’ banana videos

    The Turkish authorities have started deportation proceedings against several Syrian migrants over “provocative” viral videos of them eating bananas. The eight Syrians, including one minor, are accused of “inciting...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Abbas presides over symbolic gestures

    From this year onwards, Palestine’s national flag will be flown at half-mast on 2 November, as a reminder of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. This is according to a presidential...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Yemen calls for ‘urgent’ international support as economy collapses

    Yemeni Prime Minister, Maeen Abdulmalik, yesterday called for “urgent international support to avoid an economic collapse.” Abdulmalik’s remarks came during his meeting with the British Ambassador to Yemen, Richard...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Sudan to form new government ‘soon’, says army chief

    The measures that the Sudanese army took on 25 October were not a “coup”, military chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said yesterday. Al-Burhan told Sputnik that the coalition of the...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Bulgaria deploys 350 troops to stop Syria, Afghan migrants from entering

    Bulgaria has deployed 350 troops and military equipment to strengthen controls along its borders with Turkey and Greece to prevent migrant inflows, Reuters reported the Ministry of Defence saying today. European...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Kuwaiti raises Palestine flag on Nepal’s Lobuche summit

    A Kuwaiti citizen yesterday raised the Palestinian flag on the peak of the Lobuche mountain in Nepal. Imran Hadi posted pictures of himself holding the Kuwaiti and Palestinian flags...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Israel ‘literally owned Congress,’ says Trump

    Former US President Donald Trump told a radio interviewer yesterday that Israel “literally owned Congress” while commenting on the unrivalled influence that the occupation state has in Washington and...

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  • November 2, 2021

    Iraq says Kuwait received $490m in Gulf War reparations

    Iraq has paid $490 million in Gulf War reparations to Kuwait, Anadolu reported the Iraqi Embassy in Kuwait saying yesterday. “Iraq paid $490 million in compensation last Tuesday from the amount...

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