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August 9, 2021

Saudi, Iraq FMs met in Riyadh to boost regional cooperation

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein met in the Saudi capital Riyadh to boost regional cooperation, Anadolu reported. The officials analysed the future...

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August 9, 2021

New financial crisis hits PA, leaves it unable to pay salaries

The Palestinian government is suffering from a stifling financial crisis that will prevent it from paying the salaries of civil servants. Palestinian officials attributed the new financial crisis to...

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August 9, 2021

Daraa marked the start of the Syrian uprising; will it also be the beginning of the end for Assad?

After ten long years, Syria is back in the news. Although this is likely to be fleeting, as the international community has long experienced conflict fatigue with regards to...

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August 9, 2021

Iraq PMF leader wants to replicate Iranian Revolutionary Guards model in Iraq

Leader of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq, Falih Al-Fayyadh, wants to replicate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards model in Iraq, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. “We are proud of the...

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August 9, 2021

Report: Israel renewed detention orders for 70% of Palestinian detainees

Israeli occupation authorities have renewed detention orders for 70 per cent of the Palestinian administrative detainees held in Israeli jails, Al-Ayyam newspaper reported yesterday. Reporting on details released by the Palestine...

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August 9, 2021

Hamas ‘shocked’ by Saudi sentences against Palestinians, Jordanians

Hamas said it was “shocked” by the Saudi sentences against Palestinian and Jordanian detainees it has held since 2019. In a statement issued yesterday, Hamas said: “We were shocked...

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August 9, 2021

Saudi Arabia sentences Hamas envoy to 15 years in prison

Saudi Arabia yesterday sentenced Hamas representative to Riyadh Mohammed Al-Khodari to 15 years in prison, sources reported. Al-Khodari’s son, Hani, was sentenced to three years in prison, according to...

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August 9, 2021

Tunisia: largest trade union expresses confidence in president

Tunisia’s largest trade union expressed “full confidence” on Sunday in the exceptional decisions taken by President Kais Saied in July, Anadolu has reported. The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT)...

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August 9, 2021

In Israel, Bahrain minister slams Iran nuclear deal

Bahrain’s Undersecretary for International Relations Abdullah Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa yesterday slammed the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement saying it has “fed violence and tensions throughout the region”, Anadolu reported. During a...

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August 9, 2021

8.1m Yemen children need ‘emergency’ educational aid, UNICEF says

Some 8.1 million children in Yemen need emergency educational assistance due to the conflict in the country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday. UNICEF explained on Twitter...

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