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September 1, 2020

Gaza is being left to tackle the pandemic on its own

Since Covid-19 first appeared, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have tackled the pandemic with typical determination. Without delay, they implemented a strict quarantine regime with mandatory 21-day isolation...

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September 1, 2020

Yemen mothers call on UAE-backed groups to release their sons

The Mothers of Abductees Association in Yemen yesterday called on the forces of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council to disclose the fate of 38 forcibly disappeared persons in Aden...

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September 1, 2020

SNHR: Almost 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria, mainly by Assad regime

Almost 100,000 people in Syria have disappeared and been classed as missing since the beginning of the ongoing Syrian conflict in 2011, largely by the Syrian regime, a human rights organisation...

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September 1, 2020

Netanyahu made secret visit to UAE in 2018

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met with Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed in the UAE in 2018, two years before Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached an...

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September 1, 2020

Lebanon should be a secular state, says president

In a televised speech on Sunday, President Michel Aoun called for secularising the Lebanese state, saying he recognised the need to “change the system”, according to a report by Agence France...

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September 1, 2020

Ex-union leader dies in Egypt prison

The former head of the Egyptian teachers’ union in the city of Amiriyya has died in prison due to medical negligence, Al-Khaleej Al-Jadeed news site reported. Sobhi Al-Saqqa was detained in...

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September 1, 2020

Jordan’s Queen Noor rejects UAE, Israel normalisation deal

Queen Noor of Jordan, wife of the late King Hussein Bin Talal, has expressed solidarity with Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II who...

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September 1, 2020

US official denies putting pressure on Kuwait to normalise ties with Israel

The US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Schenker, on Sunday denied reports claiming that Washington has been exerting pressure on Kuwait to normalise its relations...

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September 1, 2020

Lebanon: 5 more arrested in blast probe

Five more suspects have been arrested as part of an investigation into the cause of the 4 August Beirut port explosion which devastated the city, killing nearly 200 and injuring thousands more, Agence France...

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September 1, 2020

Saudi removes top commander in Yemen war

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has sacked the commander in charge of the coalition forces waging war on Yemen amid an investigation into corruption, according to the Saudi Press...

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