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  • April 8, 2021

    Current leader of Daesh was an ‘eager’ informant for the US military  

    The current leader of the Daesh terrorist group was an “eager” informant of the US military in Iraq, new records released this week have shown. Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi replaced Abu Bakr...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Greece and Qatar discuss cultural cooperation 

    Greece and Qatar have begun talks about enhancing cultural ties with each other, which will include a “Greece-Qatar Culture Year”. The details were given after the official two-day visit...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Israel is taking advantage of the Suez Canal accident to push its alternatives

    There has been a lot of anxiety due to the closure of the Suez Canal caused by the giant container ship MV Ever Given running aground and blocking the...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Israel approves 540 settlement units in East Jerusalem

    Israel yesterday approved the construction of hundreds of illegal settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, a first since US President Joe Biden took office in January, Haaertz reports. According...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Houthis warn Turkey against Yemen intervention

    A member of the Supreme Political Council in Yemen, the executive body of the Houthi-led government based in Sanaa, has warned Turkey against any intervention in the country. Should...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Arab region seeks Turkey’s mediator role, ex-Lebanon PM says

    The Arab region expects Turkey to play a mediation role, particularly in Syria and Libya, the former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said yesterday. According to Anadolu, Siniora, who held the prime minister’s office between 2005 and 2009, was speaking in an online panel discussion on the “Changing Situation of the Middle East and the Prospects of Cooperation and Peace,” organised by the Ankara-based Middle East Research Center (ORSAM) on Tuesday Siniora touched on the rising problems in the world, saying that “international resolutions are ignored and cooperation among countries is still more uncertain than ever.” Instability in the region encouraged some “regional and global powers to use the Arab countries as a battlefield,” rather than engaging in cooperation, giving “regional powers, Iran and Israel in particular, a growing role in furthering the destabilisation of the region by direct aggression or instigating internal conflicts,” Siniora said. He urged regional powers to work together and utilise...

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  • April 8, 2021

    In Beirut Egypt FM supports ‘security’ of Lebanon, avoids meeting Hezbollah

    Egypt’s foreign minister has said that Cairo is keen on the security and stability of Lebanon and the formation of a new government to resolve the state of political deadlock....

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  • April 8, 2021

    101-year-old London hero sets global challenge to raise money for refugees

    Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE has just celebrated his 101st birthday at his London home with his son.  It would have been a huge celebration surrounded by many of his...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Facebook removes hundreds of fake accounts linked to Iran opposition

    Facebook has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an exiled Iranian opposition group, the Associated Press reported. The social media platform said in a statement on Tuesday that it removed...

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  • April 8, 2021

    Armed Iraq groups threaten to strike US forces if no withdrawal date is set

    The Coordinating Body of the Iraqi Resistance Factions yesterday warned that it would direct large and accurate strikes against US forces in Iraq if no clear date is set...

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