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February 17, 2021

Tunisia president accuses PM of violating constitution

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday accused Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of “violating the provisions of the constitution” while conducting the last cabinet reshuffle. In a letter the president...

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February 17, 2021

Algeria: ‘Israel, Morocco waged cyber war against us’

Algerian Minister of Communication and government spokesman, Ammar Belhimer, said a “cyber war led by Israel and Morocco” was being waged against his country. In an interview with the...

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February 17, 2021

Libya: Child killed by shell on revolution anniversary

A child was killed and others injured when a shell from an unknown source landed on a group of people celebrating the Libyan revolution’s tenth anniversary in Sabha, south...

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February 16, 2021

Gaza law barring women from travel without male consent to be revised, judge says

Gaza’s top Islamic judge agreed on Tuesday to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from travel without permission from a male guardian such as a husband or...

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February 16, 2021

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon three times more likely to die with COVID-19

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are three times more likely to die with COVID-19 than the population as a whole, according to UN figures that highlight the pandemic’s outsized impact...

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February 16, 2021

Iran’s meddling must be tackled before Iraq elections, US tells UN

The United States said on Tuesday that creating a conducive environment for elections in Iraq later this year includes tackling Iran-backed militias, Iran’s destabilising activities in the country, and...

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February 16, 2021

Dubai’s Sheikha Latifa issues video from ‘villa jail’, BBC Panorama

The BBC‘s investigative news programme Panorama on Tuesday published a video it said was of Sheikha Latifa, one of the rulers of Dubai’s daughters, saying that she was being...

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February 16, 2021

Palestinian elections are intended to keep Hamas in check

In 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed a peace agreement with Israel, ending a six-year uprising against the Zionist state’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and...

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February 16, 2021

The US is duplicitous over Jerusalem, but the PA stays silent

The Biden administration is adopting a confusing position regarding Jerusalem, signalling a possible effort to square the circle of taking the US back to the fold of international consensus...

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February 16, 2021

Thousands protest in Algeria in support of Hirak

Thousands of people demonstrated in the Algerian town of Kherrata today to voice support for the Hirak protest movement that ousted Algeria’s veteran president in 2019 before the COVID-19...

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