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August 10, 2020

Lebanon refuses to release bodies of blast victims with outstanding parking tickets

Lebanese authorities are asking for proof that the people killed in last week’s blast don’t have outstanding parking tickets before their bodies are handed over. In a now widely...

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August 10, 2020

Palestinian graduate digs deep to celebrate her success

Intisar Al-Batsh drove through the streets of Gaza to celebrate her graduation from university, riding her father’s digger. Intisar, who graduated from the University College of Applied Sciences in...

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August 10, 2020

500 Palestinian prisoners have been in Israel jails for 15 years

More than 500 Palestinian prisoners have been detained in Israeli prisons for 15 years, specialist in Prisoners’ Affairs, Abdul Naser Ferwaneh, said yesterday. In a press release, Ferwaneh also...

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August 10, 2020

Oman FM says country is ‘open to all Yemenis’

Oman’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that his country’s borders are open to all Yemenis leaving and returning home. “Our borders are open to all Yemenis who go...

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August 10, 2020

Turkey: Lebanon can use our port, we are ready to send more aid

Turkey has offered to help Lebanon rebuild Beirut’s port, which was destroyed by a massive blast last week, the office of Turkey’s vice president said in a statement. Turkey...

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August 10, 2020

Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera journalist

Egyptian authorities have extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein for 45 days adding to the already 1,300 days he has spent behind bars. Hussein was arrested on 20 December 2016...

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August 10, 2020

Mahmoud Nawajaa’s detention extended by Israel, again

Israeli authorities extended the detention of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist Mahmoud Nawajaa for eight more days over the weekend, reported Wafa news agency. General coordinator of the Palestinian National...

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August 10, 2020

Ex-Saudi intelligence czar under heightened security in Canada following new threats

Former Saudi intelligence czar, Saad Al-Jabri, who last week made the explosive allegation that Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman had made several attempts to assassinate him, has been placed under heightened security in...

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August 10, 2020

Gaza’s solidarity with Lebanon is being expressed in blood

I know about pain, and I know when other people are in pain. I have seen it, felt it and lived it many times. Ever since I was born,...

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August 10, 2020

Syria denies exempting sugar imports from taxes

The Syrian government has never proposed a tax exemption for raw sugar imports, the director of the government-owned General Organisation for Sugar, announced yesterday. “Tax exemption is very important, and...

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