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September 4, 2020

Pakistan needs a new policy for the Middle East to tackle the new realities

The rapidly shifting geopolitical realities, especially the current circumstances in South Asia, behove Pakistan to treat the Kashmir issue as its top priority; thankfully, Islamabad is doing that. The...

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September 4, 2020

Dubai sells $2bn in bonds for first time in six years

The government of Dubai has sold $2 billion in Islamic and conventional bonds, in its first sale to international debt markets in six years. The sale included $1 billion...

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September 4, 2020

Sources: Arab countries pressuring Palestinians to accept Trump ‘peace deal’

Some Arab countries have been exerting pressure on the Palestinians to accept the ‘peace plan’ drawn up by US President Donald Trump, diplomatic sources have said. The sources told...

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September 4, 2020

Qatar tells ICJ: UAE violations against Qataris ‘unprecedented’

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) had committed “unprecedented” violations against Qatari citizens since the Gulf crisis erupted more than three years ago, Doha’s legal representative said on Wednesday. “In...

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September 4, 2020

Iraq summons ex-ministers of interior, defence over crackdown on protests

The former Iraqi ministers of interior and defence have been summoned as part of the government’s ongoing investigation into the violent protests that swept the country late last year...

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September 4, 2020

Ex-UN worker accused of drugging, assaulting women in Iraq

A former United Nations employee was arrested on Wednesday on two counts of giving false statements to federal agents to cover up the alleged drugging and sexual assault of...

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September 4, 2020

Lebanon’s Druze leader calls on Gulf States to join French initiative

The leader of Lebanon’s Druze and President of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, called on Wednesday for the Gulf countries to join the French initiative to “save” the...

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September 4, 2020

SOHR: 16 pro-Iran fighters killed in ‘Israel strikes on Syria’

At least 16 pro-Iranian militants were killed yesterday in strikes, thought to be by Israel, on eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The rights group...

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September 4, 2020

US conspiracies against Iran have failed, insists Rouhani

US efforts to put pressure on Iran have “completely failed,” President Hassan Rouhani insisted yesterday. The Iranian leader made his comments during the online inauguration ceremony for a number...

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September 4, 2020

Tunisia: Prime Minister pledges to stop ‘economic bleeding’

Tunisia’s new Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, stressed the need to stop the country’s “economic bleeding” as his government officially assumed its duties on Thursday. Mechichi is the seventh prime...

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