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September 8, 2020

MTV Lebanon files lawsuit against Lebanese presidency

TV broadcaster MTV Lebanon has filed a lawsuit against the Lebanese presidency after being banned from entering the presidential palace to cover talks regarding the formation of a new government...

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September 8, 2020

Fires devour large agricultural lands in western Syria

Fires have broken out in a number of agricultural areas in western Syria, Russia Today (RT) reported yesterday. A video showing the fires went viral on social media. Fires...

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September 8, 2020

Qatar to give 170,000 Gaza families $100 each

Qatar’s Committee for the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip on Sunday reported that it will start distributing financial aid packages to about 170,000 Palestinian families who are in need....

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September 8, 2020

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews reject Covid-19 lockdown

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel have rejected full lockdown regulations, pushing the government to a lower danger threshold and allow partial closures, Arab48.com reported on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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September 8, 2020

Al-Sisi and the opposition TV channels

For the fourth or fifth time in seven years, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi outrageously addressed opposition TV channels broadcasting from abroad, particularly from Turkey. This time Al-Sisi accused...

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September 8, 2020

Syria: Daesh retakes gas field from Russia

The Islamic State militant group (Daesh) yesterday took control of the Dheibat gas field, in the Homs countryside, local media reported. According to the reports, Daesh launched a counter-offensive...

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September 8, 2020

Has annexation been cancelled or merely postponed?

Ever since Israel’s plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley emerged, media and political discussions about them have moved on to more urgent...

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September 8, 2020

Rights group: 61 media, human rights defenders killed in Yemen

SAM for Rights and Liberties said yesterday that it had documented the murder of 61 media and human rights activists in Yemen from 2014 to 2019. SAM said in...

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September 8, 2020

Israel seeks 5,000 new settlement units in West Bank

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz is seeking to approve 5,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, local media revealed on Sunday. According to the Israeli TV Channel 12,...

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September 7, 2020

As Washington retreats, Eastern Mediterranean conflict further marginalises NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military...

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