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January 5, 2022

US naval commander discusses maritime security with GCC head

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Al-Hajraf, yesterday met with Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), Lieutenant-General Charles Cooper, to discuss ways of strengthening...

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January 5, 2022

Israel movement calls on PM to stop meetings with PA president

An Israeli security movement, which includes former and retired security officials, has called on Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to stop meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Channel 7 reported. The...

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January 5, 2022

Israel demolished health centre in Jerusalem

Israeli occupation forces yesterday demolished a Palestinian health centre serving 20,000 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem without prior notice. Municipality bulldozers raided the Jabal Al-Mukaber neighbourhood after police cordoned the area off and demolished the health...

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January 5, 2022

Ex-Lebanon PM slams Hezbollah over Saudi comments

Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri yesterday criticised Hezbollah for accusing Saudi Arabia of spreading extremism and terrorist ideologies in the region. Earlier on Monday, Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah...

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January 5, 2022

Israel to build new town near Gaza Strip

Israel’s National Planning and Building Council yesterday approved establishing a new Jewish community in the periphery of the occupied Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported. The new settlement would be given a temporary name – Hanoun – and it will...

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January 5, 2022

Israel reservists refuse to take part in military training

Some 120 Israeli reservists have refused to take part in a military exercise that coincided with their vacations, public broadcaster Kan reported yesterday. The soldiers refused the training which came at...

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January 5, 2022

Will 2022 be the ‘Year of the Palestinian Prisoners’?

Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has apparently agreed to end his hunger strike of 141 days in a deal with Israel which will see him released next month. Abu...

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January 5, 2022

Tunisia’s Ennahda slams interior minister’s ‘terrorism’ accusations

Tunisia’s Ennahda yesterday said it was “astonished” at recent accusations levelled by Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine against the movement’s deputy chief, Noureddine Bhiri, adding that the chargers must “remain...

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January 5, 2022

UN suspends Yemen relief projects over funding shortages

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yesterday announced the suspension of vital relief programmes in Yemen due to a lack of funding. “Lack of...

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January 5, 2022

Tunisia’s labour union slams president’s ‘e-platform’

The Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union, Noureddine Taboubi, yesterday criticised an electronic platform which was launched by President Kais Saied, describing it as “useless and does not...

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