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March 9, 2021

Lebanon, Syria discuss ways to ensure ‘safe return’ of displaced citizens

Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Social Affairs and Tourism, Ramzi Musharafieh, has discussed with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Al-Miqdad, and other officials from both countries...

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March 9, 2021

Syria: most refugee children would not return, report reveals

Most children displaced by the ongoing civil war in Syria cannot imagine returning to their home country, a report published by Save the Children has revealed. “Anywhere but Syria”...

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March 9, 2021

Israel seeks diplomatic allies against the ICC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is counting upon the diplomatic route against the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate war crimes alleged to have been committed by his country....

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March 9, 2021

Lebanon freezes gun permits indefinitely

Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Defence, Zeina Aker, issued a directive on Sunday to freeze firearms licences amid fears that escalating popular protests could descend into armed conflict. The directive...

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March 9, 2021

Libya: oil and gas ministry to be reorganised pending December election

Libya’s oil and gas ministry is to be reorganised pending the election in December, the prime minister’s office has announced. According to Bloomberg, one representative from western Libya will...

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March 9, 2021

Israel starts to vaccinate Palestinian workers with Israeli work permits

Israel officially launched on Monday a campaign to vaccinate Palestinians who hold permits for working in Israel or in Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank. Israel’s emergency medical...

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March 9, 2021

Jordan unemployment up to 22.7% at end of 2020

The Jordanian Department of Statistics said on Monday that the unemployment rate in the Kingdom increased to 22.7 per cent by the end of last year, compared with 19...

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March 9, 2021

Sudan seeks other options if Ethiopia insists on filling reservoir unilaterally

Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, has pointed out that the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Khartoum on Saturday came at a time when...

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March 9, 2021

Iran tells Saudi Arabia that only a political solution will work in Yemen

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that the only solution for Yemen is political, RT reported on Monday. Khatibzadeh called for Saudi Arabia to end the war...

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March 9, 2021

UN: 73% of displaced Yemenis are women and children

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Yemen said yesterday that as many as 73 per cent of the displaced people in Yemen are women...

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