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January 8, 2021

Middle East passports are least powerful in the world, global ranking finds

Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year’s Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...

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January 8, 2021

Netherlands signs $24m deal with Israel arms dealer

Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private arms company, has secured a contract to supply new vehicular tactical computers for the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA), the company announced this week. The Israeli...

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January 8, 2021

Kurdish militias end siege of Syrian base after Russian intervention

The Kurdish Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG) militia has ended its three-day siege of a military base in the regime-held town of Qamishli in Syria following Russian intervention, Anadolu has...

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January 8, 2021

Iran bans the import of US and UK Covid-19 vaccines

Iran has prohibited the import of American and British Covid-19 vaccines. The order was given to the government in Tehran by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “I have no...

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January 8, 2021

Israel court postpones Netanyahu trial date due to covid restrictions

An Israeli court has today postponed the hearing into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial indefinitely, citing coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The Jerusalem District Court announced that the next hearing, set for...

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January 8, 2021

Gulf reconciliation is a return to reason and pragmatism

Citizens across the Gulf States have rejoiced at the reconciliation agreed this week, especially the Qataris and Saudis. The blockade imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain...

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January 8, 2021

Syria: journalist shot in opposition-held territory

A Syrian journalist has been shot by unidentified gunmen in the north-west province of Aleppo. The attack took place on Wednesday evening. Bahaa Al-Halabi works as a correspondent for...

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January 8, 2021

Lebanon, Israel reject moving maritime border talks to Europe

Lebanon and Israel have rejected attempts to move maritime border demarcation talks to Europe. The attempted move comes after the indirect talks stalled in late November when negotiations reached...

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January 8, 2021

Turkey arrests 3 Syrians for kidnapping Syria child for ransom

Police in Istanbul have detained three suspects on suspicion of kidnapping a Syrian child for ransom, security sources said yesterday. The suspects, also Syrian, demanded $8,000 from the child’s...

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January 8, 2021

Egypt bans mobile phones in hospitals following ICU ward mass death

Egypt’s health minister has stipulated that mobile phones must be taken away from hospital patients for the duration of their stay following the death of an entire ICU ward...

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