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September 7, 2020

Saudi Arabia sentences 8 to prison in final Khashoggi murder ruling

A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, four months...

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September 7, 2020

New contract for Lebanon’s migrant maids only a first step, rights groups warn

Rights campaigners said the launch of a new contract for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon was a positive first step but that far deeper reform was needed to abolish...

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September 7, 2020

Iran dams threaten Iraqi water supplies

Iraq’s agriculture industry has been hit hard as a result of ongoing Iranian dam projects which reduce the water flow and block major water supplies from two of the...

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September 7, 2020

Hadi’s forces announce ‘major victories’ over Houthis in Yemen

The internationally recognised Yemeni government announced that its forces had pushed back fighters associated with the Houthi group in a number of governorates. In a series of tweets published...

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September 7, 2020

Israel demands compensation from US for sale of F-35s to UAE

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed yesterday that Tel Aviv demanded compensation in return for the US-UAE arms deal which would see the Emirates provided with F-35 fighter jets. The newspaper said...

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September 7, 2020

Tunisia: Ennahda condemns terrorist attack in Sousse

Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement yesterday strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place in Sousse governorate and those behind it. This came after police in Tunisia chased and shot dead three suspected...

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September 7, 2020

PA ready to talk with Israel based on international resolutions

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Sunday that the leadership is ready to return to a political track with Israel based on international resolutions and agreements already...

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September 7, 2020

Sharp decrease in number of building permits granted to Palestinians by Israel

The number of building permits Israel has granted Palestinians in the occupied territories has decreased by 45 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, reported the Wafa news agency. A...

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September 7, 2020

UN announces ‘temporary’ measures for Gaza patients to travel for treatment

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, revealed on Monday some “temporary” measures for Palestinian patients in the besieged Gaza Strip to travel for...

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September 7, 2020

Second mass grave found in Libya’s Tarhuna as Haftar under fire for war crimes

A second mass grave has been found in Libya’s Tarhuna, a province that has recently been liberated from militias loyal to warlord General Khalifa Haftar, the Tripoli-based Government of...

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