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March 24, 2021

HRW slams detention of 43,000 in Syria with ‘implicit consent’ of their nationality countries

Human Rights Watch has criticised the detention of 43,000 men, women, and children in northeast Syria “often with the explicit or implicit consent of their countries of nationality.” These...

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March 24, 2021

China plans to invite Palestine, Israel for talks, Saudi media says

The Chinese government plans to invite Israelis and Palestinians to hold talks in China, Al-Arabiya TV channel cited today Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as saying in an interview. Reuters reported Wang,...

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March 24, 2021

Iraq: Citizens abroad cannot vote in elections

Iraq’s Independent High Election Commission has cancelled the participation of Iraqi citizens abroad in snap parliamentary elections, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported yesterday. “The commission decided today to cancel...

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March 24, 2021

Iran says it supports ceasefire in Yemen

Iran said yesterday that it supports any peace plan in Yemen that declares a nationwide ceasefire, a day after Saudi Arabia offered to end nearly six years of war...

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March 24, 2021

Turkey: 204 soldiers arrested over suspected links to Fethullah Gulen

Turkish security forces yesterday arrested 203 soldiers in nationwide operations over their alleged links to US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says was behind the 2016 attempted coup, Anadolu reported. Operations...

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March 24, 2021

Sudan accepts UAE mediation over disputes with Ethiopia

Sudan has accepted mediation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in its border issues with Ethiopia and the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Sudanese Cabinet said yesterday. “In...

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March 24, 2021

Syria bans import of mobile phones

The Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade has announced that it is banning the import of mobile phones “until further notice.” Economy Minister Mohamed Samer Khalil has ordered officials...

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March 24, 2021

Libya: government delegation in Benghazi to complete power handover

A delegation representing Libya’s Government of National Unity headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh arrived in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday to complete the power handover by what...

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March 24, 2021

Morocco, Israel ink deal on business ties

Morocco and Israel yesterday signed a strategic partnership pact to strengthen economic and commercial relations between the countries’ business sectors, according to local media. The partnership aims to create...

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March 24, 2021

UAE begins nuclear power plant tests

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said yesterday that it has started tests as part of the reactor start-up process for the Barakah nuclear power plant. “Fuel load complete!...

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