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  • April 2, 2020

    Talks on forming Israel government delayed until after Passover

    Leaders of major Israeli parties have decided to postpone discussions on forming the country’s next government until after the Passover holiday, Safa news agency reported yesterday. Reporting Israeli sources, Safa said that there...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Iran: coronavirus provides historic opportunity for US to lift sanctions 

    The coronavirus crisis provides a historic opportunity for the US to lift sanctions on Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The Iranian leader made his comment after a...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Egypt’s COVID-19 response delayed, trains remain overcrowded

    Egypt’s response to COVID-19 was delayed and has failed to enforce social distancing measures, according to the independent website Mada Masr. Health minister Hala Zayed formed an operations room to centralise...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Calls for Israel to release sick Palestinian prisoners

    A number of rights groups yesterday launched a petition calling on Israel to release sick Palestinian detainees, Quds Net News reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club and the Centre for Defence of Liberties and Civil...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Netanyahu can’t be trusted, nor can Benny Gantz

    Days after he was tapped by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form the next government, the erstwhile head of the nominally centre-left Blue and White bloc, Benny Gantz, shocked...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Remembering Saudi’s arrest of Hamas’ Al-Khodari one year on

    This week marks one year since Saudi authorities detained Dr Muhammad Saleh Al-Khodari, Hamas’ official representative in the Kingdom. The eighty-one-year-old was arrested shortly after undergoing sensitive surgery. Al-Khodari,...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Will the coronavirus claim Saudi’s ‘Vision 2030’ as its victim?

    With the world predicted to change in ways that were unimaginable only a few weeks ago due to the coronavirus outbreak, can Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman pull...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Israel health minister, wife contract coronavirus

    Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said late yesterday. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the 71-year-old...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Iraq launches military operation against Daesh remnants

    Iraqi forces yesterday announced targeting Daesh-dwelled areas in the country’s northern governate of the Saladin. “Iraqi F-16 fighter jets managed to destroy Daesh targets in the Saladin governorate, leaving...

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  • April 2, 2020

    Report: 145 Syrians killed in March 

    Some 145 civilians were killed in Syria following clashes between the regime forces and the opposition in March, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced yesterday. “At least...

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