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December 7, 2020

Disappeared UK teen found in Daesh bride camp in Syria

A British teenager who disappeared from London six years ago has been found in a Syrian detention camp for wives of Daesh fighters, the Sunday Times reported. Nasra Abukar, then-18, travelled...

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December 7, 2020

Oman rejects US plans to designate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists

Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi has expressed his country’s rejection of a proposed move by the US to designate the Yemeni AnsarAllah movement, commonly known as the Houthis,...

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December 7, 2020

Protestors set fire to Kurdish government headquarters over delay in salary payment

The headquarters of Kurdish parties of Sulaymaniyah were set on fire yesterday during an anti-government protest over a delay in the payment of salaries. Yesterday’s events marked a fifth consecutive...

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December 7, 2020

Bahrain backtracks, will not allow imports from Israel settlements

Bahrain has backtracked on a pledge to recognise goods made in illegal Israeli settlement, saying the Gulf State will refuse to import them, state news agency BNA reported on Saturday. The...

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December 7, 2020

Conflict and reconciliation to order should be off the agenda

On 5 June 2017, the 50th anniversary of the ill-fated 1967 Six Day War, Saudi Arabia announced that it was severing ties with Qatar. A few minutes later, the...

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December 7, 2020

Pakistan denies allegations of Turkey sending Syria militants to Kashmir

Pakistan has denied Indian reports that it and Turkey are transferring Syrian militants to Kashmir, calling the claim “fake news” and “fabrications”. Reports in Indian media emerged last week of...

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December 7, 2020

Egypt state-run newspaper threatens that EIPR founder may ‘vanish’

An Egyptian state-run newspaper with ties to National Security has published a disturbing article about the founder and acting director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). “It...

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December 7, 2020

Bethlehem: Christmas tree lit up amid COVID-19 lockdown

A Christmas tree was lit up in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Saturday evening amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, Anadolu Agency reported. The annual lighting of the tree near the...

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December 7, 2020

Sudan: Burhan’s new committee stirs up dispute with PM Hamdok

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok rejected the move to create a new body with broad powers initiated by Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. Al-Burhan...

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December 7, 2020

The cynicism of international criminals

Dr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was regarded as Iran’s leading nuclear scientist as far as Western security and intelligence agencies were concerned. He was martyred on 27 November. At the time...

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