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July 23, 2020

Egypt releases first-ever ‘counter-terrorism’ report

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has issued a first-ever report on the country’s efforts to counter terrorism, local media reported yesterday. The Foreign Minister’s deputy assistant, Ehab Fahmy, said in a...

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July 23, 2020

What’s next after the visit of Iran’s Foreign Minister to Iraq?

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, is a diplomat who is savvy and accustomed to donning kid gloves to tempt those he deals with. This has been to his...

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July 23, 2020

Iran to extend ’20-year cooperation agreement’ with Russia

Iran is likely to extend its “20-year cooperation agreement” with Russia, which is due to expire in March 2021, the Iranian foreign minister announced yesterday. Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks...

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July 23, 2020

Jordan: Teachers protest to urge government to implement agreed pay rises

Almost 2,000 Jordanian teachers protested yesterday to demand the government abide by the agreement signed between the two parties in October 2019. The march, which was organised by a...

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July 23, 2020

Libya: Egypt’s decision to send its army is ‘a declaration of war’

Egypt’s decision to approve the deployment of its army to its western borders is a “declaration of war” against Libya and a violation of the Arab League and UN...

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July 23, 2020

Egyptians refuse Sisi’s decision to send troops to Libya

Egyptians yesterday launched the Arabic hashtag “I did not delegate” to express their rejection of Parliament’s decision to authorise President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to send forces outside the country...

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July 23, 2020

Thirsty and disunited we fall: Arabs and the water problem

Since 2011, Ethiopia has been building its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and during this time, neither Sudan nor Egypt stopped complaining about it. Being downstream, the two Arab countries...

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July 23, 2020

Ethiopia hails meeting on Renaissance Dam with Egypt and Sudan

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday hailed the mini Africa summit held to discuss the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD). In a tweet, the official wrote: “I Fruitful...

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July 23, 2020

US discussing ‘reducing tensions in Libya’ with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi

US President Donald Trump and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed discussed regional security issues including “the importance of reducing tensions in Libya” in phone conversation yesterday. “During...

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July 23, 2020

Remembering the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire

What: The dissolution and division of the Ottoman Empire and its former territories through the Treaty of Lausanne, leading to the establishment of the modern Republic of Turkey When:...

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