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November 19, 2020

Algeria orders retrial of Bouteflika’s brother, ex-intelligence chief

The Algerian Supreme Court’s criminal chamber allowed the appeal in the verdict rendered by the Blida military appeals court against Said Bouteflika, the former president’s younger brother and one of the...

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November 19, 2020

EU provides $59m grant to support Syria refugee training in Turkey

The European Union has provided a support grant of €50 million ($59.1 million) to 55 vocational and technical schools in eight Turkish states with high populations of Syrian refugees, Anadolu reported....

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November 19, 2020

UN envoy: Gaza ‘ill-equipped to face a major spike’ in covid cases

US Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, said yesterday that Gaza’s “crumbling infrastructure, poor living conditions and fragile healthcare system make it ill-equipped to face...

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November 19, 2020

Yemen Houthis refute ‘buffer zone’ talks with Saudi Arabia

Yemen’ Houthi group yesterday denied a report published by Reuters claiming that Saudi Arabia had informed the group that it would sign a UN proposal for a nationwide ceasefire in return...

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November 19, 2020

Egypt celebrates completing first stage of Tanzania dam

Egyptian ministers yesterday celebrated the completion of the first stage of the construction of the first dam on Rufiji River in Tanzania, local media reported. It is the first...

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November 19, 2020

Egypt, Eritrea FMs discuss Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri yesterday met with Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh, and discussed the recent conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, local media reported. Saleh, who is on...

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November 19, 2020

The reactionary alliance between Moscow, Abu Dhabi and Cairo

Moscow has gone from supporting progressive regimes in the Arab world, most of which were dictatorships — as was the Soviet Union — before the regimes lost their progressive...

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November 19, 2020

Nael Al-Barghouti, 41 years in Israeli jails

Today, 63-year-old Nael Al-Barghouti from the village of Coper on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, entered his 41st year in Israeli prisons, the Palestinian Prisoners’...

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November 19, 2020

Saudi Arabia’s human rights record under scrutiny, ahead of G20 summit

Saudi Arabia, the first Arab country to host the G20 summit this weekend, is facing criticism over its human rights record despite reforms introduced in recent years to improve...

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November 19, 2020

Saudi jails Salman Ouda’s brother for 5 years

Dr Khaled Al-Ouda, brother of prominent Saudi preacher Dr Salman Al-Ouda, was sentenced by a Saudi court to five years in prison over claims of “inciting sedition and destabilising security”, Anadolu reported...

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