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May 27, 2020

Lebanon: Shia Mufti calls for scrapping the Taif Agreement

A senior Shia religious figure has called for scrapping Lebanon’s decades-old power sharing system, part of the Taif Agreement, in a speech during Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end...

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May 27, 2020

China cuts Saudi oil imports in favour of Russia

China cut its imports of oil from Saudi Arabia last month, customs data issued by the authorities in Beijing revealed this week. During the same period, imports of Russian...

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May 27, 2020

Netanyahu doubles down on annexation of West Bank

Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been his bullish self despite facing criminal charges, by declaring that he will not miss the opportunity to annex the West Bank....

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May 27, 2020

Al-Mahdi: ‘We reject all forms of international guardianship in Sudan’

Leader of the Sudanese opposition National Umma Party, Sadiq Al-Mahdi, announced his rejection of any UN resolution which permits the use of military force in Sudan. Al-Mahdi said: “There is news about...

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May 27, 2020

Omar Al-Mukhtar’s Libya is now fighting a global proxy war

As I have said before, I was counting on the Libyan heroes of the February Revolution to continue their struggle against the reckless criminal Khalifa Haftar, and defeat his...

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May 27, 2020

Israel to sink 10 wells in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces yesterday announced the destruction of ten wells in the town of Az-Zawiya, west of Salfit in the north of the West Bank. The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) quoted local...

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May 27, 2020

Morocco group condemns institutions promoting artistic, cinematic ties with Israel

The Moroccan Observatory against Normalisation on Monday condemned what it considered an attempt made by broadcaster M2 and the Moroccan Film Centre to promote normalisation with Israel. The body said that M2 aired a show on...

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May 27, 2020

Iraq to investigate torture, disappearance of protesters

Iraq yesterday vowed to investigate cases of torture, abduction and enforced disappearance among protesters during demonstrations in the country over the previous months. This came in response to a...

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May 27, 2020

Young Egyptian who posts video recounting rape arrested by security forces

An Egyptian woman who appeared online with a swollen and bruised face to tell how her friend raped her has been arrested by security forces. Menna Abdel Aziz recounts...

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May 27, 2020

In Egypt a murdered woman means nothing but a policeman means everything

In 2008 Mohsen Al-Sukkari held up a card which identified him as block management and stepped inside the apartment of Lebanese pop sensation Suzanne Tamim. The next morning, she...

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