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December 15, 2020

Morocco bans anti-normalisation protest

Authorities in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, have refused to authorise an anti-normalisation demonstration that was scheduled to take place yesterday outside parliament, local sources have said. Six Moroccan associations...

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December 15, 2020

Syria tycoon Rami Makhlouf: Those profiting from war threaten my life

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said yesterday that individuals who are profiting from war have sent him messages threatening to seize whatever remains of his assets. In a long post on...

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December 15, 2020

When the people rose up: how the Intifada changed the political discourse on Palestine

For most people 8 December came and went like any other ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, though, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, for it was on...

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December 15, 2020

Kuwait’s new government takes constitutional oath

The new Kuwaiti government headed by Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad A Sabah took the constitutional oath yesterday before the country’s Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al...

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December 15, 2020

Iran: More than 7,000 underage girls married off in 3 months

As many as 7,323 girls under the age of 14 were married off in Iran between March and May this year, Anadolu news agency reported. The Statistical Centre of Iran revealed...

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December 15, 2020

Morocco’s normalisation with Israel is nothing new

The normalisation agreement between Israel and Morocco — as announced by the US — is nothing really new, but has simply exposed decades of relations between the two countries....

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December 15, 2020

Ex-Lebanon PM refuses to be questioned over Beirut blast

Former Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has refused to attend further questioning over the Beirut port explosion, an official source said yesterday. Reuters quoted an unnamed source as saying...

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December 15, 2020

Hamas will not concede an inch of Palestinian land, official says

Hamas will not concede one inch of the land of Palestine, member of Hamas’ political bureau, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, said yesterday. Al-Zahar said in an interview with Dunia Al-Watan news site that...

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December 15, 2020

Official: Iran-made COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by July

Iran will be ready to administer a locally produced coronavirus vaccine on high-risk patients by July, if the results of the vaccine’s clinical trials are positive in January, a...

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December 15, 2020

Funding cuts leave UNRWA unable to pay staff salaries

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will not be able to pay the salaries of its staff if donors do not send enough money this...

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