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November 10, 2020

UNRWA defers workers’ salaries over lack of funds

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) may delay the salaries of thousands of its employees for November due to the...

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November 10, 2020

The Israelis and Palestinians prepare for Biden to enter the White House

Just like everyone else, Palestinian and Israeli decision-makers are awaiting the official announcement of the result of the US presidential election confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. We are also...

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November 10, 2020

US slaps new sanctions on Syria to put pressure on Assad regime

The United States imposed a fresh round of sanctions on the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad yesterday, in a continuation of its efforts to put economic pressure on...

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November 10, 2020

Top US official on Syria and Daesh retires

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced yesterday that James Jeffrey, the State Department’s special envoy for Syria engagement and the global coalition to defeat Daesh, will retire from his role this month. The announcement came the same day the Trump administration said it would impose new sanctions against Syrian officials and entities for their role in facilitating human rights abuses over the course of the country’s nearly decade long civil war. Jeffrey is...

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November 10, 2020

New coronavirus vaccine by drug company founded by Turkish immigrants to Germany

A married couple of Turkish heritage stands behind German biotech firm BioNTech that partnered with Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 experimental vaccine, which was announced yesterday as being more than 90...

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November 10, 2020

Israel to start excavation works for cable cars in occupied East Jerusalem

The construction of a controversial cable car will start as Israeli authorities are preparing the excavation works in occupied East Jerusalem, despite an outcry from Palestinians. According to the Times...

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November 10, 2020

Austria arrests 30 Hamas, Muslim Brothehood members, in crackdown on Islamism

Austrian police arrested 30 people suspected of being radical Islamists yesterday as part of the government’s “war on Islamism”, the Times reported. The individuals were apprehended during a series of pre-dawn...

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November 10, 2020

Qatar welcomes Ofcom censure of UAE’s Abu Dhabi TV

British communications regulator Ofcom has condemned the Abu Dhabi TV channel over its decision to broadcast an interview three years ago allegedly containing confessions by Qatari citizen Dr Mahmoud Al-Jaidah during...

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November 10, 2020

Sisi, Biden…and 20,000 lies

“The President is lying.” A striking statement that appeared on CNN’s news ticker just a few moments after Donald Trump began a speech in which he refused to acknowledge his defeat...

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November 10, 2020

Peshmerga leader: Turkey army defeated PKK

General Najat Ali, the commanding general of Peshmerga forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, said yesterday that the Turkish army inflicted a massive defeat against the “terrorist” PKK organisation, Anadolu reported. Speaking to Rowad...

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