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January 31, 2021

UAE: The scramble for the Horn of Africa

Since the 2011 Arab Spring the United Arab Emirates has been taking an active role in a number of hotspots from Egypt, Libya to Yemen. The Gulf nation has...

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January 31, 2021

Delegation from Yemen separatists flies to Russia

A high-level delegation from the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Yemen flew to Moscow on Sunday for talks with Russian officials, Anadolu Agency reports. The delegation, led by STC chairman...

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January 31, 2021

Iran’s Zarif meets Taliban, calls for inclusive government

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Sunday called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, during talks with a visiting Taliban delegation in Tehran, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking during...

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January 31, 2021

Pope Francis to meet Iraq’s top Shia cleric on March visit

Pope Francis is set for a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shia Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, during a trip to Iraq planned for March, the patriarch of...

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January 31, 2021

Pandemic claims 35 lives in Libya

The coronavirus pandemic claimed 35 lives in Libya and caused one fatality in Bahrain on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. Libya’s National Center for Disease Control said in a statement that the...

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January 31, 2021

Statement: Dubai to roll out China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday

Dubai will roll out China’s Sinopharm vaccine to the general public from Sunday as coronavirus infections surged to record levels in the Middle East tourism hub, the government said...

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January 31, 2021

Iran rejects Macron’s call for new nuclear deal

Iran on Saturday dismissed the French president’s remarks on the need for a new nuclear deal with Tehran, Anadolu Agency reported. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the nuclear deal,...

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January 31, 2021

COVID-19 cases, fatalities on rise in Arab countries

Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and Algeria announced Saturday more fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus as efforts continued to contain the disease, Anadolu Agency reported. Tunisia The Tunisian Health Ministry reported...

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January 31, 2021

Israel confirms over 2,500 virus cases, 23 deaths

The Israeli Health Ministry recorded 2,596 new infections and 23 fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. A ministry statement cited by the Maariv newspaper said the...

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January 31, 2021

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in alleged knife attack

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in an alleged stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Israeli army, Anadolu Agency reported. A military statement said...

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