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December 3, 2020

France: Roadmap to aid Lebanon ‘unfulfilled’

None of the measures required in the French roadmap for Lebanon have been implemented to help the country solve its major political and economic crises, the French presidency announced...

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December 3, 2020

Gaza holds wheelchair marathon

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December 3, 2020

Forensic audit firm’s withdrawal casts its shadow over Lebanon’s future

The decision of international restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to quit its contract to carry out a forensic audit of Lebanon’s central bank has cast a shadow on...

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December 3, 2020

Hundreds of Iraq civil servants protest delayed salaries

Hundreds of civil servants yesterday demonstrated in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq, demanding the government pay their delayed salaries, Anadolu news agency reported. Eyewitnesses said the...

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December 3, 2020

Israel FM to visit Bahrain ‘soon’ for embassy opening

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said yesterday that he intends to visit the Bahraini capital Manama “soon” to open the Israeli embassy there, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking at a joint...

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December 3, 2020

US: Biden willing to return to Iran nuclear deal

United States President-elect Joe Biden said he is willing to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, stressing that re-joining the deal is the best way to avoid a...

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December 3, 2020

US military training mission in Saudi Arabia extended for $350m

The US Department of State has extended the US Military Training Mission to Saudi Arabia for five years in return for $350 million, a statement reported by Arabi21 said yesterday. The US...

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December 3, 2020

Report: Egypt seeks to host Palestine-Israel peace summit

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi is looking to host a summit that brings together Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss peace between...

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December 3, 2020

Turkey arrests 20 Iraqis for ‘working with Daesh’

Some 20 Iraqi citizens have been arrested in the Turkish capital Ankara for allegedly “working with Daesh”, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Local sources said that the country’s anti-terrorism police and intelligence services...

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December 3, 2020

Rights groups call for rejecting Bahrain’s candidacy for presidency of UN Human Rights Council

A group of over 20 rights groups have called on Asia-Pacific bloc of countries to reject Bahrain’s candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council. In a letter sent,...

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