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February 15, 2021

UAE’s DAMAC loses $283m in 2020

UAE real estate giant DAMAC yesterday announced that it had incurred a total of 1.04 billion dirhams in losses in 2020 (about $283 million), compared to losses of 36.9...

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February 15, 2021

Renowned Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies aged 76

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February 15, 2021

13 hostages killed during Turkey operation against PKK in Iraq

Turkey last week conducted a military operation in northern Iraq against the terrorist group the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), failing to save 13 Turkish hostages being held by the group for...

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February 15, 2021

Trade vehicle begin operating across Qatar-Saudi border

The Qatari General Authority of Customs announced that commercial traffic through the Abu Samra border crossing with Saudi Arabia re-opened yesterday after it was closed in 2017 as a...

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February 15, 2021

Israel cancels trade delegation’s trip to UAE

Israel has cancelled its planned participation in a major defence expo in the United Arab Emirates next week due to COVID-19 curbs on air travel, Israeli officials said today....

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February 15, 2021

UAE delegation arrives in Israel to prepare for embassy opening

An Emirati technical delegation arrived in Israel today to arrange the requirements for the opening of the UAE Embassy in Tel Aviv. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (Kan) said: “A technical delegation from...

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February 15, 2021

Dubai police seize 1 tonne of drugs arrest 1,000 suspects in 3 month

Dubai Police arrested more than 1,000 people on drug-related offences arrested in the last three months of 2020, the police department announced on Facebook. According to the statement, the Dubai Police...

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February 15, 2021

UK official condemns Israel settlements

British Consul General in Occupied Jerusalem Philip Hall has condemned Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as “illegal and an obstacle to restarting peace talks.” In remarks to Palestinian...

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February 15, 2021

Ex-Iraq minister jailed for 2 years for corruption

An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced the former Minister of Construction and Housing, and Municipalities and Public Works, Riad Al-Gharib, and another government official, to two years imprisonment on corruption...

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February 15, 2021

Iran warns Israel not cross ‘red lines’ in Syria

The senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister warned Israel on Sunday not to cross any “red lines” in Syria, the Sputnik news agency has reported. Ali Asghar Khaji made...

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