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October 14, 2020

US calls on Iraq factions to surrender their weapons

Washington called on Iraqi factions to surrender their weapons to the government in Baghdad, following the Hezbollah Brigade’s announcement that it would suspend attacks on US forces in the...

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October 14, 2020

Bodies of 13 migrants found off Tunisia coast

Tunisian authorities on Monday recovered the bodies of 13 migrants, a day after their boat sank off the country’s coast. Nine other persons are still missing, the spokesman for the courts...

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October 14, 2020

UNRWA: $130m budget deficit is a threat to peace, stability

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has warned that the $130 million funding gap the organisation is experiencing threatens core services and...

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October 14, 2020

Bandar Bin Sultan blamed the Palestinians, not Israel’s brutal occupation

Much has been written about the “spontaneous” intervention by the former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US, Bandar Bin Sultan. It is now known that the most important message...

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October 14, 2020

Bahrain to take ‘legal steps’ against critics of deal with Israel

The Bahraini Interior Ministry has pledged to take “legal steps” against social media activists who criticise the normalisation deal with Israel, news agencies reported yesterday. The General Directorate of Anti-Corruption...

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October 14, 2020

Fearing US sanctions, Lebanon closes accounts of Syrians linked to Assad regime

Lebanese banks have closed hundreds of accounts of Syrians linked to the Assad regime in an effort to avoid US sanctions related to the Caesar Act, Aram Media reported yesterday. The...

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October 14, 2020

Hamas, Egypt discuss opening Rafah crossing permanently

Gaza’s interior ministry said on Monday it was in contact with the Egyptian government to discuss opening the Rafah crossing “permanently”. “The Rafah crossing has been partially operational since...

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October 14, 2020

Morocco: 2,000 sign petition against increase in number of MPs

More than 2,000 Moroccans signed an online petition opposing a proposal to increase the number of parliament members. Eight political parties have recently submitted to the Ministry of the...

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October 14, 2020

Arsenal’s Ozil favours Azerbaijan in Karabakh dispute

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil voiced his support Tuesday for the Azerbaijani army’s operation in Upper Karabakh, a region occupied by the Armenian military. The 31-year-old German citizen of Turkish descent...

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October 14, 2020

FBI says it has reached no conclusion on cause of Beirut blast

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it has reached no firm conclusion about what caused the August 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed nearly...

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