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June 4, 2020

Egypt prepares for locust swarms

Egypt is taking pre-emptive measures to prevent desert locust swarms from entering the country, local media reported. The Ministry of Agriculture said that committees affiliated with the ministry’s Central...

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June 4, 2020

Middle East stars face backlash for ‘blackface’ US protests solidarity photos

Several Middle Eastern influencers are facing a wave of anger after posting ‘blackface’ photos on social media to show solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests in the US. Demonstrations...

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June 4, 2020

Sudan defends UN submission on Ethiopia dam

Sudan’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas said that the memorandum submitted by his country to the United Nations Security Council does not constitute an escalation of...

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June 4, 2020

President: Lebanon seeks to extend UNIFIL mandate without change

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said yesterday that his country will ask the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)...

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June 4, 2020

Libya: Haftar visits Egypt hours before rival government recaptures Tripoli airport

Libya’s eastern-based military leader Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar visited Cairo yesterday and met with Egypt’s deputy defence minister hours before the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that...

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June 4, 2020

Protesters raid office, ‘force’ Iraq health director to resign

Protestors in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province yesterday stormed the office of the head of the local Health Ministry forcing him to resign over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak...

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June 4, 2020

More prisons and fewer hospitals as the destruction of Egypt continues

The real catastrophe in Egypt is not the Covid-19 pandemic reaching its peak, but the peaking of stupidity and disregard for citizens’ needs. The country is facing the coronavirus...

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June 4, 2020

Amnesty slams UAE over conditions of prisoners of conscience amid COVID-19

Amnesty International has criticised UAE authorities over the deteriorating conditions of prisoners of conscience being held in the Gulf country in light of the outbreak of the coronavirus in...

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June 4, 2020

Turkey informs Idlib opposition of incoming operation by Assad, Iran, Russia

Turkey has warned the Syrian opposition groups in the north-west province of Idlib to prepare for a potential military offensive by the Assad regime and its allies Iran and...

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June 4, 2020

Rights group: Syria regime, Russia launch new attack on Idlib despite ceasefire

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said yesterday that the Syrian regime and Russian warplanes have launched a new offensive in northwestern Syria for the first time since...

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