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  • September 9, 2020

    EU missions call on Israel to stop demolition policy

    The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah yesterday called on Israel to stop the demolition policy pursued against Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Israel court evicts Palestinian family from Jerusalem home

    The Jerusalem District court yesterday ordered the eviction of Nasser Rajabi and his family from their home in the Batan Al-Hawa neighbourhood of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem. The...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Syria: Damascus struggles with another fuel shortage

    The Syrian capital Damascus is once again suffering from an acute shortage in fuel. Local media published images of long queues at major petrol stations in Damascus reaching as...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Yemen’s Houthis close Sanaa airport to UN flights

    The Houthi will close Sanaa International Airport to relief flights including the United Nations from today. The group’s foreign ministry said in a letter sent to the United Nations...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Sudan launches emergency appeal for flood relief 

    Sudan’s permanent delegation at the United Nations in Geneva has launched an emergency appeal for flood relief. The Sudanese permanent deputy in Geneva, Ali Ben Abi Taleb Abderrahman, met...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Saudi sentences in Khashoggi case lack legitimacy, says UN rapporteur 

    The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions has said that the sentences imposed by the Saudi Arabian authorities following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi lack legitimacy. “These verdicts...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Kuwait uncovers votes buying scheme by parliamentary candidate

    The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior said its security services have uncovered a scheme to buy votes set up by the candidate running for the National Assembly elections scheduled in...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Kurdish delegation in Baghdad for talks

    A high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, arrived in Baghdad yesterday to resume talks over the outstanding issues between...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Why doesn’t ‘normalisation’ really mean peace?

    The new songs about peace are being sung, as if the situation in the Middle East has come to a happy conclusion. This is very misleading, as the region...

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  • September 9, 2020

    Heavy rains cause road disruption in Algeria

    Torrential rains in the Algerian capital have paralyzed traffic across the city, local media reported yesterday. Locals told the media that the rains had led to “congestion across Algiers’...

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