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May 4, 2021

Israel army to double troop numbers in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces are to increase the number of troops in the occupied West Bank in preparation for a possible escalation, Israeli media reported an army official saying yesterday....

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May 4, 2021

Turkey arrests 16 persons for ‘funding Daesh’

Turkish security forces yesterday arrested 16 people in the capital city of Istanbul for allegedly “financing Daesh”. Local media quoted security sources as saying that the counterterrorism division of...

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May 4, 2021

Egypt to buy $4.5bn worth of Rafale fighter jets from France

Egypt’s Ministry of Defence has announced that it will buy $4.5 billion worth of Rafale fighter jets from France in a move that has sparked outrage among human rights...

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May 4, 2021

Lebanon arrests two suspects in Saudi drug haul

Lebanon has detained two brothers suspected of being involved in a foiled attempt to smuggle amphetamines into Saudi Arabia, Reuters has reported. The arrests were announced by the caretaker...

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May 4, 2021

Official covid death rate among Egypt’s doctors hits 500

Some 500 doctors have died of coronavirus in Egypt, the doctor’s union has announced, quoting official figures. The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights has called on Egypt to declare...

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May 4, 2021

Tunisia: president warns against danger of fragmenting state from within

Tunisian President Kais Saied warned on Saturday that the threats to states come not from terrorist operations, but from attempts to divide states from within. Saied made his comment...

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May 4, 2021

European Union urges Palestinian Authority to respect freedom of expression

The office of the European Union (EU) Representative in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Sunday expressed concern over the attack that targeted the residence of an...

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May 4, 2021

Murder through drama in the Sisi era

Egyptians woke up to the tragedy of the execution of nine prisoners convicted in the Kerdasa Police Station storming following the July 2013 military coup. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

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May 4, 2021

Abbas cancelled elections to serve Israel’s interests, says Israel analyst

Postposing the general Palestinian elections was not a national endeavour, but proof that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is closer to Israel than to the Palestinians, a prominent...

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May 4, 2021

Lebanon bank governor faces corruption allegations in France

An anti-corruption group has submitted a legal complaint in France against Lebanon’s central bank governor over foreign investments including property he owns worth millions of euros, Reuters reported two people involved...

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