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April 21, 2020

UNICEF: 4m more children will live in extreme poverty in MENA after COVID-19

Four million children are likely to fall into extreme poverty in the Middle East and North Africa as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, UNICEF warned. There have been...

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April 21, 2020

Sisi is using Covid-19 to increase his power, so pity the poor Egyptians

The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic is still with us, despite the efforts of governments and political leaders around the world, who have placed their countries in lockdown and suspended parliamentary...

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April 21, 2020

Sudan: Military is united whatever our enemies say

The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) affirmed the unity and cohesion of the military establishment, stressing that its personnel share a common sense of solidarity and collective sacrifice in...

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April 21, 2020

Israel: Netanyahu using COVID-19 updates to strengthen his political standing

Israel will face an economic crisis like no other in the coming years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the huge increase in the unemployment rate which has resulted...

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April 20, 2020

Netanyahu and rival Gantz clinch Israel power-sharing deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist election rival Benny Gantz signed a deal to form a national emergency government...

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April 20, 2020

Wearing face masks, Syria's Assad and Iran's Zarif condemn West at Damascus meeting

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the...

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April 20, 2020

A Machiavellian Fiasco: How ‘Centrist’ Gantz Resurrected Netanyahu, Israel’s Right

It was intended to be a Machiavellian move, but the decision by Benny Gantz, leader of Israel’s Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) coalition, to join a Benjamin Netanyahu-led government...

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April 20, 2020

Houthis release former Yemeni minister

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group on Monday released the former culture minister after day-long detention, a government source said. On Sunday, Khaled al-Ruwaishan was picked up from his home in...

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April 20, 2020

Some Syrians prefer ruined homes to crowded camps

Taher al-Matar’s home in northwest Syria is in ruins but he has gone back to live there anyway, driven by dire conditions in camps for displaced people, where he...

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April 20, 2020

Turkey will impose four-day lockdown from Thursday

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that a four-day lockdown would be imposed in 31 cities from Thursday as part of efforts to stem the spread of the...

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