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December 11, 2020

Lebanon: Rafic Hariri killer receives 5 life sentences

The man who killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri has today been handed five concurrent life sentences for the crime. Salim Jamil Ayyash, 57, was tried, convicted and sentenced in...

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December 11, 2020

France honours Egypt with country’s highest award, bans press from ceremony

France tried to stop media finding out about a national press award ceremony where it awarded the Egyptian president the Grand Cross of the Legion Honour. An investigation by Le...

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December 11, 2020

Al Jazeera broadcaster sues Saudi, UAE rulers for fabricating nude photos

Lebanese anchor of Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV channel, Ghada Oueiss, said on Wednesday that she had filed a lawsuit against Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, Crown Prince of...

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December 11, 2020

NATO calls on EU summit to adopt positive attitude towards Turkey

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, called on Europe to take a positive stance during the talks on Turkey at the European Union summit. “There are...

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December 11, 2020

Italy accuses 4 Egypt officers of ‘aggravated kidnap’ of Giulio Regeni

The Italian public prosecutor has announced the conclusion of the investigation into the murder of Giulio Regeni. Regeni, 28, was a Cambridge University doctoral researcher carrying out research into...

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December 11, 2020

Turkey to withdraw military from positions in Syria due to ‘potential risk’

Turkey is planning to withdraw from more military positions in Syria’s north-west province of Idlib, citing the need to avoid “potential risks”. According to sources who informed the news...

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December 11, 2020

Former Israeli ambassador warns Biden not to resume funding for UNRWA

A former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations has warned the incoming Biden administration not to fund the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Al-Quds Al-Arabi...

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December 11, 2020

Macron, Sisi and the human rights struggle in the Arab world

When the leader of the coup government in Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, began his recent visit to France, a wave of human rights reports and appeals reached his French...

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December 11, 2020

EU rejects imposing economic sanctions on Turkey

The European Union’s offer for a “positive agenda” with Turkey remains on the table, European leaders said early today, following their meeting in Brussels. In a joint statement, the...

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December 11, 2020

Saudi-backed Yemen govt hails US sanctions on Houthi leaders

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government has welcomed US sanctions on five leaders of the Houthi group. The move “comes as a victory for the civilian victims against the tyranny and...

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