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January 13, 2022

Military court complaint as Tunisia president ‘endangers state security’, activists say

A complaint has been filed against Tunisian President Kais Saied and measures he has taken giving him executive powers in the North African state. Activists in Tunisia, Europe, America...

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January 13, 2022

Islamic Development Bank to donate $33m for Palestine projects

The Islamic Development Bank is to donate $33 million to support projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as Jerusalem, reported Wafa news agency. The...

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January 13, 2022

Israel to demolish mosque, homes, cut power in eastern Jerusalem

Israeli authorities yesterday issued a decision to demolish an under-construction mosque in Jerusalem’s north-eastern town of Issawiya. Local sources told Alqastal that the decision was issued by the occupation...

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January 13, 2022

Hebron: far-right Israeli settler appointed as tour guide for US army officers

US army officers were given a tour of the Palestinian city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) last week by a far-right settlement spokesperson at the request of Major General Yehuda Fuchs,...

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January 13, 2022

Blast rocks Hezbollah building in southern Lebanon

A powerful explosion rocked a building used by Hezbollah in Lebanon’s southern Nabatieh district on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The building, a social services office of Hezbollah for...

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January 13, 2022

Egypt to build first gold refinery in eastern desert

Egypt is developing the country’s mining industry by establishing a gold refinery in the eastern desert region, the Petroleum Minister, Tarek El-Molla, announced yesterday. “Work is underway to implement the...

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January 13, 2022

Iran looking to expand economic links with Syria

Iran is looking to expand its economic links with Syria, sending dozens of Iranian commercial and industrial delegations to Damascus to discuss ways to develop economic cooperation with the...

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January 13, 2022

Tunisia’s Ennahda will participate in Friday’s protests

Tunisia’s Ennahda movement will not comply with the government ban on gatherings and will join Friday’s protests against the exceptional measures taken by President Kais Saied in July. Member...

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January 13, 2022

Only 50 homes destroyed in Israel’s 2021 attack on Gaza rebuilt, others remain in ruins

Palestinian Zeyad Abu Odah watched with a smile as his four-storey house, destroyed in an Israeli air strike in last May’s fierce Israeli attack on Gaza, was slowly being...

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January 13, 2022

Egypt jails women’s rights activist for highlighting harassment

Prominent Egyptian women’s rights activist Amal Fathy has been sentenced to a year in prison for posting a video on Facebook in which she criticised authorities’ failure to protect...

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