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December 4, 2020

Arab-Israeli medical team in Gaza to assist in Covid-19 response

A team of ten Palestinian doctors who hold Israeli citizenship arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday to carry out essential surgery and assist medical teams dealing with the...

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December 4, 2020

Yemen: Clashes between UAE-backed militias, government forces resume

Clashes between the Yemeni army and the UAE-backed militias, known as the Southern Transitional Council (STC), in the country’s Abyan province have resumed, local media reported yesterday. Military sources...

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December 4, 2020

Iraq’s Al-Sadr calls for restoring ‘Shia House’

Leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, yesterday called for a restoration of what he called the ‘Shia House’. “Amid a clear and brazen transgression against God, his messenger...

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December 4, 2020

Saudi investment fund seeks $7bn loan from international banks

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is seeking a loan of $5 to $7 billion from international banks for investment opportunities, according to Bloomberg. The PIF obtained its first...

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December 4, 2020

US envoy: Iran likely to hold off on retaliation over scientist’s killing

Iran is unlikely to retaliate over the assassination of a prominent nuclear scientist before the inauguration of Joe Biden in case it jeopardizes any future sanctions relief, the top...

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December 4, 2020

Debunking the ‘opium of the people’ maxim: Football is about politics and class struggle

Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing, and attempting to “influence the...

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December 4, 2020

US Senate considers blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood

Republican Senator Ted Cruz presented a bill in the Senate that proposes adding the Muslim Brotherhood to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs). Cruz, a member of the...

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December 4, 2020

Lebanon parliament speaker: ‘Internal disputes hinder new government formation’

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the delay in the new government formation considering the massive crises facing the country. Berri stressed that the issue...

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December 4, 2020

Al-Ouda’s son: ‘My father lost half his ability to see and hear’

Abdullah Al-Ouda, son of the Saudi preacher Salman Al-Ouda, revealed on Thursday that his father “lost almost half of his ability to hear and see” in prison. Of his...

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December 4, 2020

Lebanon President Aoun approves compensation for victims of Beirut port blast

Lebanese President Michel Aoun signed Law No. 196 on Thursday to grant financial compensation to the families of the victims of the Port of Beirut explosion. The Lebanese National News Agency...

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