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January 4, 2021

Lebanon orders three-week lockdown to fight virus spread

Lebanon announced a full lockdown for three weeks, including a night curfew, to stem a rise in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in a country already facing...

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January 4, 2021

‘I refused to join the Israeli army, it justifies violence and inequality’

19-year-old Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in jail after refusing to complete military service she believes it allows ‘criminals, thieves and swindlers to roam free and run the state’...

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January 4, 2021

German approved $1.4bn in arms exports to the Middle East in 2020

Germany approved €1.16 billion ($1.4 billion) worth of arms exports to the Middle East in 2020, local news outlets reported, citing the country’s Economy Ministry. In its response to...

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January 4, 2021

Lebanon: Gas depot explodes near Syria border

READ: Four dead, several injured in Beirut fuel tank explosion...

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January 4, 2021

France targeted for giving $10m to Palestinian group promoting good governance

The French Development Agency (AFD) has been targeted by a pro-Israel lobby group for donating almost $10 million last year to a Palestinian organisation to promote good government practice...

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January 4, 2021

If Israel wasn’t there, the US would have to invent it to protect its interests

The Arab rulers are holding their breath, apprehensive of the day that Joe Biden arrives in the White House to the extent that they probably wish that 20 January...

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January 4, 2021

Iran seizes South Korea tanker bound for UAE

Iran today seized a South Korean-flagged tanker which was reportedly heading for the UAE, media sources in the country reported. Local news sources said the vessel had been seized...

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January 4, 2021

Iraq: $240bn smuggled out the country

An Iraqi parliamentary inquest has today revealed that an estimated $239.7 billion (some 350 trillion dinars) has left the country illegally since 2003. According to the Iraqi News Agency, one...

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January 4, 2021

Iraq’s PMF demand action on decision to withdraw foreign forces

Falih Al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), yesterday called for the need to implement the parliament’s decision to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq. This came in a speech...

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January 4, 2021

US envoy travels to UAE, Jordan to discuss Syria conflict

The United States’ Special Envoy to Syria Joel Rayburn is set to travel to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan for discussions on the ongoing Syrian conflict, a statement by...

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