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March 29, 2021

US to weigh sanctions after Iran, China ink $400bn deal

The US said on Monday it will evaluate a just signed $400 billion investment deal China struck with Iran over the weekend to see whether it will trigger sanctions...

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March 29, 2021

Official: Traffic in Suez Canal back to normal

After a days-long stuck ship crisis, traffic in the Suez Canal has gone back to normal, said the head of the canal authority Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. Osama Rabi’s statement came...

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March 29, 2021

Hezbollah trains pro-Assad regime Shabiha militants

Lebanese group Hezbollah has provided military training to 220 pro-Assad regime Shabiha militants in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, according to local sources, Anadolu Agency reports. A three-week training camp was organised by...

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March 29, 2021

US urges ‘unhindered’ cross-border aid access to Syria

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for “unhindered” cross-border access to get humanitarian aid into Syria, calling it “more important than ever”, Anadolu Agency reported. Chairing a meeting...

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March 29, 2021

Yemen: State funeral for Saudi ‘martyr’ who fought alongside Houthis

A former Saudi Arabian soldier was given a state funeral in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday after being “martyred” fighting alongside the pro-Houthi armed forces in the province...

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March 29, 2021

Who can forget Bin Salman’s pride at launching his war on Yemen?

I cannot forget the sight of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman standing in the Ministry of Defence command room in Saudi Arabia on 25 March 2015 and, as...

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March 29, 2021

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi opens factory in Turkey

China’s leading technology company, Xiaomi, opened a factory in Istanbul on Monday alongside supply giant Salcomp. The firm announced its plan to open the factory with an investment of...

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March 29, 2021

Turkey has potential to sustain peace in Afghanistan, says ambassador

Turkey has great potential to step up the peace process in Afghanistan, the Afghan ambassador to Ankara has said. According to Anadolu, Ambassador Salahuddin Rabbani added that the upcoming...

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March 29, 2021

Egypt: Al-Azhar approves tougher penalties for FGM

The Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Hanafy El-Gebali, has said that the opinion of the famed Al-Azhar University had been sought about a draft law submitted by...

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March 29, 2021

Saudi Arabia has spent ‘at least’ $1.5bn on ‘sportswashing’

Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5 billion on “sportswashing”, a new report by Grant Liberty is expected to say later this week. Details of the report by the...

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