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December 2, 2020

Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson calls on Egypt to release EIPR staff

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has called on the Egyptian authorities to release three senior staff members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). Executive Director Jasser Abdel-Razek, Administrative...

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December 2, 2020

Human Rights Watch urges IMF to demand Egyptian army’s financial data

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ask the Egyptian government to disclose the financial information of companies owned by the military before disbursing...

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December 2, 2020

US court reviews university decision to ban pro-Palestine student group

The Supreme Court of the State of New York reviewed last week reviewed a case filed by Fordham Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) against the university’s decision to...

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December 2, 2020

MEMO in conversation with Abir Tobji

In a year that has kept us confined to our homes, unable to attend gigs or visit museums, the fourth Celebrating Syria Festival is the end-of-year pick-me-up we all...

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December 2, 2020

World Bank: More than half of Lebanon will be poor by 2021

The World Bank warned yesterday that more than half of Lebanese people will be poor by 2021 and criticised the local authorities’ “deliberate lack of effective policy action” to...

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December 2, 2020

Israeli intelligence agencies are preparing to confront Hamas in a technology war

As tension escalates on numerous fronts, Israeli intelligence agencies continue to develop their capabilities, and now have databases and integrated artificial intelligence, allowing them to analyse massive amounts of...

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December 2, 2020

Egypt’s Suez Canal registers $490m in revenue in November

The Chairman of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, yesterday announced that the canal’s navigation movement was “normal despite the repercussions of the novel coronavirus”. Rabie told reporters that...

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December 2, 2020

Iran denies Revolutionary Guard commander killed at Iraq-Syria border

Iran yesterday officially denied Revolutionary Guard Commander Muslim Shahdan was killed at the Iraq-Syria border, local news agencies reported. Speaking to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, government spokesperson Ali Rabiei...

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December 2, 2020

Iraq launches road project with Saudi Arabia

The Governor of Iraq’s Najaf governorate, Luay Al-Yassiry, yesterday announced the launching of a road project linking the governorate with Saudi Arabia. Al-Yasiri said in a statement that the...

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December 2, 2020

Official: Palestine, Jordan, Egypt to setup peace conference

Deputy leader of Palestine’s Fatah movement, Mahmoud Al-Aloul, said a committee which includes Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian officials has been formed to coordinate the Palestinian call for holding an...

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