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June 24, 2020

Facebook bans sale of historical artefacts over looting concerns

Facebook announced yesterday that it will ban the sale of historic artefacts on its website amid a surge in posts of looted antiquities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision...

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June 24, 2020

Hezbollah working to destroy Lebanon’s banking system, will face new sanctions: US official

Hezbollah is working to destroy Lebanon’s banking system and will face new sanctions on its “activities”, a senior US official said yesterday, Al-Arabiya reports. In an interview with Lebanese daily Al-Hadeel, David...

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June 24, 2020

UAE training Syria regime intelligence agents, providing aid to Damascus

The United Arab Emirates has been found to be training Syrian military intelligence officers and providing aid to the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, a report by the French-language...

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June 24, 2020

Israel’s defence sales reach $7.2bn

Israel’s arms sales reached $7.2 billion in 2019, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. “Despite the intense International challenges and competition, we have managed to keep Israel among the world’s top...

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June 24, 2020

Annexation is still inadmissible, even by Israel

Israel’s project to annex 40 per cent of the occupied West Bank is hanging in the balance. Without the long-awaited green light from the Trump administration, it will remain...

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June 24, 2020

Report: Jordan smoking rates the highest in the world

Jordan has surpassed Indonesia to have the highest smoking rate in the world, a report by the Guardian has found. More than eight in ten Jordanian men use nicotine products,...

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June 24, 2020

Writing in Saudi paper, Israel intelligence minister calls for normalisation

Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen has called on Arab states to normalise relations with the occupation state and not wait for the Palestinian issue to be resolved, the New Khaleej reported...

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June 24, 2020

45 days community service for Israel soldier who killed Palestinian

An Israeli occupation soldier had been sentenced to 45 days of community service for killing a Palestinian fisherman off the Gaza coast in 2018, Israel Hayom reported on Monday. In...

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June 24, 2020

Lebanon accuses Shia scholar of meeting Israel officials

Lebanese Public Prosecution has accused prominent Shia scholar Sayyed Ali Al Amin of meeting with Israeli officials in Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. The accusations also included attacks on the resistance,...

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June 24, 2020

Thorny alliances in Turkey’s regional diplomacy

Turkey’s regional diplomacy has necessitated some thorny alliances which threaten to remove it from the usual rules of the game which drive its foreign policies. Links with Russia, the...

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