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November 27, 2020

Bahrain to open consulate in Western Sahara, Morocco says

Bahrain will open a consulate in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara, Morocco’s Royal palace said, joining other Arab states in supporting Rabat after the disputed territory’s Polisario independence movement said it...

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November 27, 2020

Freed British-Australian academic was detained in Iran due to Israeli partner

A British-Australian academic who was freed from Iranian jail on Thursday was detained in 2018 on espionage charges after authorities there found her partner was an Israeli citizen, the...

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November 27, 2020

Sudan evacuates stranded citizens in Tigray region

The Sudanese authorities announced on Thursday the evacuation of stranded citizens in the Ethiopian Tigray region, in light of the violent battles between the federal government and the Tigray...

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November 27, 2020

Egypt: 8 arrested in clashes between Muslims and Copts

Egyptian authorities have arrested eight people following clashes that erupted on Wednesday evening between Muslims and Coptic Christians in the Minya governorate, reported local and foreign media on Thursday....

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November 27, 2020

Qatar calls on UN Security Council to condemn illegal blockade

Qatar called on Thursday on the United Nations (UN) Security Council to condemn the “unilateral, coercive and illegitimate measures that the blockading countries continue to impose” on Doha for...

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November 27, 2020

UAE pressure on Al-Azhar to issue anti-Muslim Brotherhood statement fails

Official sources have uncovered Emirati pressure on the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayeb to engage in the Saudi-Emirati campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The New Arab quoted...

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November 27, 2020

Haftar mobilises troops in eastern Libya

One month after the Libyan military agreement, General Khalifa Haftar’s militia has shown no indication of implementing the accord’s conditions, which require the evacuation of mercenaries from the frontlines...

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November 27, 2020

US blacklists Haftar-affiliated armed groups for enforced disappearances, murder

The US decided on Wednesday to blacklist one of the armed groups supporting General Khalifa Haftar, after Russia prevented a United Nations (UN) Security Council committee last week from...

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November 26, 2020

Azerbaijani parliament slams French senate’s resolution

Azerbaijani parliament on Thursday slammed a resolution by the French Senate urging the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh as “a republic”, Anadolu Agency reports. “This step of the French Senate does not fit...

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November 26, 2020

France, EU lawmakers push for sanctions on Turkey next month

The European Parliament urged the EU on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan this month paid a visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of...

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