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September 10, 2020

4 Yemen tribes sign no aggression deal with Houthis in Marib

Four major Yemeni tribes in the city of Marib, northeast of the capital Sanaa, signed an agreement with Houthi military leaders in Sanaa on Saturday, to spare their areas...

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September 10, 2020

Iraq approves loans from Saudi Arabia, China

Iraq’s Cabinet has approved loans granted by Saudi Arabia and China this week, further deepening its relations with the two states. In the weekly Iraqi cabinet meeting on Tuesday,...

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September 10, 2020

Iraq detains families of Daesh militants returning from Syria

The Iraqi Directorate of General Military Intelligence (DGMI) announced on Tuesday that it had arrested families of Daesh militants while they were trying to enter Iraq from Syria. The...

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September 10, 2020

Jordan orders youth army conscription in bid to tackle unemployment

Jordan has announced plans to conscript 25-29-year-olds into the army for a one-year period in an attempt to tackle rising unemployment in the country. Plans for the scheme were...

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September 10, 2020

Thousands of protesters in Germany call on government to accept Moria camp refugees

Some 3,000 protesters in Germany are calling on their own government and countries across the EU to accept all refugees from the Moria refugee camp in Greece. Moria camp...

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September 10, 2020

Egypt ‘tripled’ arms imports from Italy in 2019

Egypt bought three times more weapons, ammunition, spare parts and military software from Italy last year compared with 2018, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has reported. According to an official document, this...

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September 10, 2020

Serbia will not move embassy to Jerusalem if Israel recognises Kosovo’s independence

Serbia will not move its embassy to Jerusalem if Israel recognises Kosovo as an independent state, the Times of Israel reported yesterday. According to the Israeli newspaper, a source close to...

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September 10, 2020

Morocco-brokered Libya talks ‘temporarily suspended’

Talks between Libya’s two rival administrations being held in the Moroccan capital Rabat, were suspended and due to restart today, official sources reported yesterday. “The Libyan Dialogue, which has...

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September 10, 2020

Turkey lira hits record low

The Turkish lira hit a record low of 7.49 against the US dollar yesterday, under the impact of growing risk aversion, which increased selling pressures globally. The record low...

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September 10, 2020

UNICEF: Eight million children out of school in Yemen

The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that around eight million children are now out of school in Yemen due to the war and Covid-19 pandemic. UNICEF gave the...

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