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  • February 21, 2021

    Rockets hit Iraq military base hosting NATO troops

    A rocket attack hit a military base hosting NATO troops in Iraq, local media reported on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. Three foreign contracted personnel were injured when three rockets struck the Balad...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Turkey wants to strengthen cooperation with US: Erdogan

    The Turkish president on Saturday said that Ankara is keen to “strengthen” cooperation with Washington following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the new US president, Anadolu Agency reports. “We...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Iran shuts border with Iraq over UK variant spread

    Iran on Saturday shut its border crossings with Iraq and barred travel to provinces bordering the neighbouring country over spread of the UK variant of coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Somali military kills over 50 Al-Shabaab members

    The Somali National Army (SNA) claimed that it killed more than 50 Al-Shabaab members, including two senior commanders, in an operation in the lower Shabelle region, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Pakistan dubs France’s anti-Muslim bill discriminatory

    Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi urged France on Saturday to desist from entrenching “discriminatory attitudes” against Muslims into laws aimed at fighting so-called extremism, Anadolu Agency reports. Paris needs to...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Somali accuses UAE of encouraging unrest

    Somalia on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating international law by belittling Somalia’s government as “interim” and seeking to sow violence, Anadolu Agency reports. A Saturday UAE...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Bomb blast kills at least 2 in Somali capital

    At least two people were killed in the Somali capital on today, wounded when a bomb blast targeted a vehicle carrying a local government official, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

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  • February 21, 2021

    Remembering the 1966 Syrian coup d’état

    In late February 1966, a faction of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party in Syria ousted the old leadership in a coup. The new leadership of young socialist Ba’athists included...

  • February 20, 2021

    Discover the Iron Ore Train, Mauritania

    Mauritania is one of the least visited countries in the North of Africa. After its independence from France in 1960, European tourism developed slowly in Mauritania, partly due to...

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  • February 20, 2021

    The Colonising Self: Or, Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine

    A look at Israeli colonisation from the inside requires a thorough reckoning. In Hagar Kotef’s recent study, The Colonising Self: Or, Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine, settlement narratives are...

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