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December 1, 2020

In crippled Lebanon, are refugees being left behind?

“First I lost my home in Aleppo, and then I lost my home in Beirut.” As Lebanon grapples with a worsening economic crisis, COVID-19 and the aftermath of August’s...

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December 1, 2020

French Formula One driver ‘saw death coming’ in fiery Bahrain GP crash

French Formula One driver Romain Grosjean said he thought of Niki Lauda’s fiery crash and willed himself to get out of his burning Haas for the sake of his...

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December 1, 2020

UAE finds its voice within OPEC, complicating oil diplomacy

The United Arab Emirates came out of OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia’s shadow this week by demanding better adherence with oil supply cuts, effectively delaying the latest strategy decision by...

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December 1, 2020

Turkey braces itself for the Biden era with more challenges ahead

One of the leading assistants of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, and a founder of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), resigned last week from the government’s high...

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December 1, 2020

Home raids against Palestinians are dehumanising, aim to break their spirit, Israel rights groups say

A report published last week by Israeli human rights groups condemned the Israeli military’s illegal invasions of Palestinian homes, suggesting the practice is in violation of international law. Based on two...

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December 1, 2020

Israel dismisses Arab lawsuit by citing Jewish Nation-State Law

An Israeli court used the country’s nation-state law to reject a lawsuit by two Arab schoolchildren yesterday, further dividing the country along lines of ethnic and religious identity. The...

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December 1, 2020

Mystery in Algeria one month after president’s hospitalisation

One month after Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was flown to Germany for urgent coronavirus treatment, mystery still surrounds his condition. Questions and rumours about the fate of the country...

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December 1, 2020

Al-Qaeda fighters in Syria return to Yemen’s Marib

Tribal sources have disclosed that a number of Al-Qaeda leaders and fighters have returned to the Yemeni province of Marib from Syria in recent days, according to the Yemen News...

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December 1, 2020

Iran commander killed in strike at Iraq-Syria border, report says

An air strike has killed a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards at the Iraq-Syria border, Iraqi security and local militia officials said yesterday. According to a report from Al-Arabiya News, which cited...

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December 1, 2020

122 academics, journalists express deep concern over IHRA definition of anti-Semitism

A group of 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals have expressed their concerns over the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism and the way this...

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