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January 6, 2021

There is a big difference between Arab and Turkish normalisation with Israel

Media reports revealed last month that Turkey has been working to restore relations with Israel. On 9 December, Al-Monitor said that Ankara had selected a new ambassador to Tel...

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January 6, 2021

Muslim Brotherhood welcomes end of Gulf crisis

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) yesterday welcomed measures announced on Monday to finalise reconciliation among member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), group spokesman, Talaat Fahmi, said in a statement. Fahmi...

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January 6, 2021

Lebanese outrage over Soleimani statue unveiled in Beirut

Lebanese erupted in fury online yesterday after a statue of assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani appeared in Beirut. The effigy was unveiled on the anniversary of Soleimani’s death in...

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January 6, 2021

UN: Hundreds of thousands of Yemen children will die within months

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yesterday warned that children in Yemen would die within “months” due to lack of humanitarian assistance. “Without urgent...

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January 6, 2021

The Axis of Torture was taught by a Nazi and is likely to grow

Torture is an evil as old as conflict, and there is much more to it than the sort of thing usually seen in the movies. It is, sadly, a...

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January 6, 2021

Iraq bars security personnel from talking to media

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi yesterday issued a directive banning all military and security services members from making statements to the media “without prior approval”. “It is strictly forbidden...

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January 6, 2021

Israel right-wing parties unite to sideline Netanyahu’s Likud

Two right-wing Israeli parties yesterday signed a vote-sharing agreement in an apparent effort to sideline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party. The move was signed by the leader of...

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January 6, 2021

Egypt: Opening border does not mean full reconciliation with Qatar

Progress in the talks between Egypt and the Gulf States that boycotted Qatar do not mean full reconciliation, the New Khaleej reported Egyptian media saying yesterday. Reporting the Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk, the New...

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January 6, 2021

Barak: Netanyahu sees Hamas as an ‘existential threat’

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has accused current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of surrendering to Hamas’ dictates, Safa news agency reported yesterday. Barak, who spoke to the Israeli General Radio...

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January 6, 2021

Profile: Kahlil Gibran (6 Jan 1883 – 10 April 1931)

Kahlil Gibran is regarded as the third-best-selling poet of all time after Lao Tzu and William Shakespeare, largely because of his book The Prophet. First published in 1923 it...

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