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January 29, 2021

Turkey, Iran, Russia reaffirm readiness to support Syrian Constitutional Committee

Turkey, Iran, and Russia yesterday urged the Syrian Constitutional Committee to seek compromise and consensus among the sides to the decade-long civil war, a statement released by the trio...

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January 29, 2021

Israel acts against school for apartheid discussion by B’Tselem

The row over Israeli apartheid took another authoritarian turn yesterday after the country’s Education Ministry summoned the principal and managing director of Hebrew Reali School in Haifa to a...

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January 29, 2021

Algeria, Tunisia discuss attempted poisoning of Saied

Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, yesterday made a phone call to his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, to check on his health, after an attempt was made to poison him. “Thank...

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January 29, 2021

Saudi Arabia: Bin Salman to sell more Aramco shares to raise funds

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has announced his intention to sell more shares of the state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco to boost his faltering economic plan known...

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January 29, 2021

Lebanon protesters torch government building after demonstrator killed

Protesters in Lebanon torched a government building last night after a man was killed in clashes with security forces. Omar Taybah, 30, was shot in the back with live...

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January 29, 2021

France refuses to hand over ex-President Ben Ali’s son-in-law to Tunisia

The French judiciary yesterday refused to deport Belhassen Trabelsi, son-in-law of the late Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, due to the “risk of inhuman and degrading treatment”...

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January 29, 2021

PA welcomes US intention to reopen PLO liaison office

The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership yesterday welcomed the US’ announcement that it hoped to reopen the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) office in the American capital Washington DC. “The US...

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January 29, 2021

Concerns over Google’s ‘dangerous’ Saudi-based cloud plans

A digital rights advocacy group has expressed concern over plans by tech giant Google to establish a new Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia. Access Now issued a statement on...

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January 29, 2021

Libya to open oil hub in London

Libya’s National Oil Corp. (NOC) is in the process of opening an office in the UK capital London in an effort to increase the North African state’s production, the...

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January 29, 2021

Lebanon: Central Bank governor charged with dereliction of duty

The governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank was charged yesterday with dereliction of duty and breach of trust, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) has reported. According to Bloomberg, Riad...

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