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January 15, 2021

Iraq: new US sanctions on PMF’s deputy head

The US has imposed new sanctions on the deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) after classifying him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on Wednesday. Abdul...

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January 15, 2021

South Korea seeks Qatar’s help for release of oil tanker seized by Iran

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun called on Qatar during his visit on Wednesday to help his country resolve the issue...

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January 15, 2021

Algeria: 5 killed and 3 wounded in roadside bomb

Five civilians were killed and three others were wounded in a roadside bomb in eastern Algeria today, the defence ministry in Algiers has revealed. The homemade bomb exploded as...

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January 15, 2021

Critics question Egypt and Siemans $23bn high-speed railway deal amid economic crisis

Egypt’s transport ministry and Siemens have signed a memorandum of understanding over a high-speed electric railway set to be built in Egypt which will link the northern and eastern...

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January 15, 2021

Lavrov: Al-Ula summit will clear way for collective Gulf security system

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday that the agreements concluded at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in the Saudi city of Al-Ula will help create the...

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January 15, 2021

Iraq: government employee accused of granting citizenship to foreigners

The Iraqi authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a government employee accused of falsifying official documents enabling thousands of foreigners to obtain citizenship, Anadolu has reported. “A team...

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January 15, 2021

France repatriates 7 children of Daesh fighters

France has repatriated seven children of Daesh fighters from north-east Syria. This is the latest effort by a European country to return its nationals following years of reluctance to...

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January 15, 2021

Muslim scholars call for Al-Aqsa Mosque to be protected from Israeli Judaisation

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) expressed on Thursday its condemnation and rejection of the “aggressive” Israeli Judaisation of the occupied city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu...

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January 15, 2021

Egypt’s failure to pay $128mn debt to medical manufacturers led to oxygen crisis

A source in the Federation of Industries has told Al-Manassa that Egypt’s hospital oxygen crisis is due to the government’s failure to pay its EGP 2 billion ($128 million)...

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January 15, 2021

Caught between covid and settlers: How a West Bank school is struggling to survive

For the 170 pupils in Al-Maleh village in the West Bank, the three-hour journey to school was arduous. Sometimes it took three hours after they had navigated the Israeli...

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