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April 8, 2021

Houthis warn Turkey against Yemen intervention

A member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, the executive body of the Houthi-led government based in Sanaa, has warned Turkey against any intervention in the country. Should...

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April 8, 2021

Arab region seeks Turkey’s mediator role, ex-Lebanon PM says

The Arab region expects Turkey to play a mediation role, particularly in Syria and Libya, the former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said yesterday. According to Anadolu, Siniora, who held the prime minister’s office between 2005 and 2009, was speaking in an online panel discussion on the “Changing Situation of the Middle East and the Prospects of Cooperation and Peace,” organised by the Ankara-based Middle East Research Center (ORSAM) on Tuesday Siniora touched on the rising problems in the world, saying that “international resolutions are ignored and cooperation among countries is still more uncertain than ever.” Instability in the region encouraged some “regional and global powers to use the Arab countries as a battlefield,” rather than engaging in cooperation, giving “regional powers, Iran and Israel in particular, a growing role in furthering the destabilisation of the region by direct aggression or instigating internal conflicts,” Siniora said. He urged regional powers to work together and utilise...

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April 8, 2021

In Beirut Egypt FM supports ‘security’ of Lebanon, avoids meeting Hezbollah

Egypt’s foreign minister has said that Cairo is keen on the security and stability of Lebanon and the formation of a new government to resolve the state of political deadlock....

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April 8, 2021

101-year-old London hero sets global challenge to raise money for refugees

Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE has just celebrated his 101st birthday at his London home with his son. It would have been a huge celebration surrounded by many of his...

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April 8, 2021

Facebook removes hundreds of fake accounts linked to Iran opposition

Facebook has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an exiled Iranian opposition group, the Associated Press reported. The social media platform said in a statement on Tuesday that it removed...

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April 8, 2021

Armed Iraq groups threaten to strike US forces if no withdrawal date is set

The Coordinating Body of the Iraqi Resistance Factions yesterday warned that it would direct large and accurate strikes against US forces in Iraq if no clear date is set...

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April 8, 2021

UNRWA is supposed to be ‘neutral’ even as humanitarian aid is politicised

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued yet another warning about the perilous living conditions of Palestinians in Lebanon’s refugee camps. Covid-19 is seen...

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April 8, 2021

Prominent rabbi assaulted by Israeli settlers as he defends Palestinians

The former president of Rabbis for Human Rights was violently assaulted by far-right Israeli settlers yesterday. Video footage of the brutal attack near the Maale Ahuvia illegal settlement outpost,...

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April 8, 2021

Macron urged to freeze assets of Lebanon economists, politicians

Lebanese figures have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to freeze the assets of Lebanese economists and politicians in French banks in order to put pressure on them to...

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April 8, 2021

Yemen: 24 violations of media freedoms documented

The Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate (YJS) has documented 24 violations of media freedoms and journalists’ rights during the first quarter of 2021. The body said in a statement issued on...

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