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August 19, 2020

US imposes Iran-related sanctions on UAE-based companies

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two United Arab Emirates-based companies, the US Treasury Department said, accusing them of providing material support to Iranian airline Mahan Air,...

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August 19, 2020

Syria agrees to let Russia expand Hmeimim airbase

Syrian authorities have agreed to give Russia additional land and coastal waters in order to expand its military airbase at Hmeimim, a Russian government document published on Wednesday showed,...

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August 19, 2020

Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq’s Basra

A female activist was killed on Wednesday and three others wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, security and health...

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August 19, 2020

US, Iraq review strategic dialogue between two nations

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Washington to discuss bilateral ties between the two countries, Anadolu reports. State Department spokeswoman...

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August 19, 2020

Egyptian electoral list dominated by Sisi supporters wins Senate election

A 100-member closed electoral list dominated by supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a third of the seats in a newly created Senate, the head of the...

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August 19, 2020

Sudan protesters mark one year since power-sharing deal with army

A year after a transitional power-sharing deal was signed between the Sudanese military and pro-democracy civilian technocrats, protesters returned to the streets of the capital Khartoum demanding quicker political reform, Reuters reported. The accord was reached four months after the ousting of...

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August 19, 2020

Palestinians in Gaza denounce UAE’s peace deal with Israel

READ: The UAE’s perfidious normalisation plan with Israel...

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August 19, 2020

Mufti of Jerusalem: Using normalisation to pray at Al-Aqsa is ‘prohibited’

The Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, said in a statement yesterday that it is religiously prohibited to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque through the process of...

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August 19, 2020

Ethiopia DM replaced after criticising PM Abiy amid ethnic violence

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office announced yesterday that he was replacing the defence minister, a fellow ethnic Oromo and former ally after he was openly critical of Abiy’s...

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August 19, 2020

Pakistan PM will not recognise Israel until Palestinians get their rights

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said his country will not recognise Israel until the Palestine issue is resolved. During an interview yesterday with local broadcaster Dunya News on the completion of...

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