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September 22, 2021

Middle East disinformation wars and the battle for narratives in the digital space

The Middle East’s disinformation wars and the battle for narratives in the digital world were discussed in this week’s “MEMO in conversation…” programme. The region has in recent...

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September 22, 2021

Tantawi is no hero: He oversaw some of the most brutal massacres in Egypt’s modern history

The former Defence Minister Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who died yesterday, is trending on Twitter in Egypt. Whilst the state-run media praise him as a “loyal son”, a “military...

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September 22, 2021

Natural gas to support UAE’s economic growth over next 50 years, says minister

Natural Gas will play a pivotal role in powering economic growth in the United Arab Emirates over the next 50 years, the Emirati Industry and Advanced Technology Minister, Sultan...

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September 22, 2021

Tunisia accuses Ethiopia of ‘issuing inaccurate’ dam statement

Tunisia has never been against any party involved in the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Foreign Minister, Othman Jerandi, said yesterday. “Tunisia has been working...

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September 22, 2021

Israel: security forces clear Palestinian land in occupied Jordan Valley

Israeli occupation forces today cleared more Palestinian land in the northern Jordan Valley village of Kardala, Wafa news agency has reported. Local human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said that...

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September 22, 2021

Libya rejects confidence withdrawal decision

Interim Libyan government, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, yesterday rejected a recent decision by the country’s eastern authority to withdraw confidence from it, claiming that the decision was “illegitimate”....

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September 22, 2021

UN Rights Office ‘deeply concerned’ about human rights situation in Yemen

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is “deeply concerned” about the human rights situation in Yemen, where all parties to the conflict are “violating” international human rights...

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September 22, 2021

US House Majority Leader says removing military fund for Israel ‘technical delay’

Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, told Israel foreign minister, Yair Lapid, that removing military fund for Israel from government spending bill was a “technical...

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September 22, 2021

Lebanon raises fuel prices, again

Lebanon raised gasoline prices by 16 per cent today, the second hike in a week, cutting a subsidy on imported fuel which the new Prime Minister Najib Mikati has...

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September 22, 2021

Algeria’s interim president dies aged 80

Algeria’s former interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, who ruled the country during an unprecedented political crisis in 2019, died today aged 80, Reuters reported the presidency saying. Bensalah was named interim president after President...

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