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September 16, 2021

Lawyers, activists petition AU to overturn Israel’s observer status

A group of international lawyers, researchers and activists today filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights seeking the revocation of Israel’s observer status at...

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September 16, 2021

UAE-backed separatists declare state of emergency in south Yemen

The UAE-backed separatists in Yemen have declared a state of emergency across the southern provinces including the disputed port city of Aden. The city is supposed to be the...

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September 16, 2021

Egypt frees prominent academic after 18 months in pretrial detention

The judicial authorities in Egypt yesterday lifted conditional release measures in place against Professor Hazem Hosny since February. The Cairo prosecutor reduced the measures imposed on the professor of...

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September 16, 2021

The Man Who Sold His Skin: How one Syrian refugee became a piece of art to reach Europe

After a young Syrian man escapes his hometown of Raqqa, he must make it to Belgium so he can be reunited with the love of his life. His first...

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September 16, 2021

Morocco: Justice and Development Party warns new government of opposition

The next political role of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) will be in opposition to the incoming government, a senior party official said yesterday. Suleiman Al-Amrani told Alhurra...

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September 16, 2021

Israel’s future is apartheid in a ‘solution of the three classes’

Reading the reflections of one of Israel’s most celebrated contemporary public intellectuals on the apparently never-ending occupation of Palestine, I was reminded of an old saying about the nature...

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September 16, 2021

Boris Johnson slammed for UK as ‘Saudi Arabia of penal policy’ comment

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has caused outrage with another one of his many gaffs which make light of serious issues. Speaking behind closed doors at a Conservative Party...

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September 16, 2021

5 Syria opposition groups unite as Syrian Liberation Front

Five military groups in northern Syria operating under the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) united under the umbrella the Syrian Liberation Front, Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak reports. The groups Hamza Division, Mutasim Division...

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September 16, 2021

Iran fuel travel from Syria into Lebanon

Hezbollah began bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria today, a move the group says should ease a crippling energy crisis but which opponents say risks provoking US sanctions, Reuters reports....

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September 16, 2021

The UN’s scrutiny of Israel deflects from its complicity in its ongoing occupation

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is spearheading an initiative ahead of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, urging governments and diplomats to reject the so-called anti-Israel bias at an international...

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