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March 26, 2021

Israel detains 3 prominent Hamas leaders in West Bank

The Israeli army detained three prominent Hamas leaders the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that an Israeli soldier detained Hatem Qaffeisha, 58, a top Hamas leader...

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March 26, 2021

Hamas elects first female to political bureau

Hamas announced the appointment of a Palestinian woman as a member in its political bureau for the first time since its creation. Jamila Al-Shanti, 64, is the first woman...

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March 26, 2021

Mauritania begins covid vaccine campaign

Mauritania today began its COVID-19 vaccination campaign as a shipment of 50,000 doses arrived from China. President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani supervised the process, which took place in the National...

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March 26, 2021

Arab ministers agree to establish group to monitor terrorist threats

Arab interior ministers have agreed to establish a team of experts to monitor, analyse and exchange information on terrorist threats, the Saudi Press Agency has reported. The move is...

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March 26, 2021

US Treasury provides $1.15bn financing for Sudan

The US Treasury Department announced today it provided bridge financing of around $1.15 billion to help Sudan clear its arrears at the World Bank. The department said in a...

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March 26, 2021

Israel: Supreme Court petition calls for Palestinians to get vaccine

A group of six Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups have appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court to demand that the state should provide vaccines to Palestinians in the occupied...

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March 26, 2021

Lebanon PM warns of ‘dangerous’ chemicals in oil facility

Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, said today that experts had found “dangerous chemicals” at a warehouse at the Zahrani oil installations in the south, Reuters reported. Diab said the country’s...

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March 26, 2021

Lebanon’s political stalemate may lead to civil war

Just 18 months have passed since mass protests against Lebanon’s political class brought down one government, and nearly eight more months since a huge explosion destroyed the port of...

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March 26, 2021

In sharp disagreement with IHRA, new definition insists BDS is not anti-Semitic

In the latest opposition to the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, favoured by staunch advocates of the state of Israel, a group of over 200...

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March 26, 2021

At least 32 dead as 2 trains collide in Egypt

Two trains collided in Egypt today causing 32 deaths and dozens of casualties after emergency brakes were triggered by “unknown individuals” near the city of Sohag, Reuters reported the railway authority...

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