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May 11, 2020

Israel approves $230m loan for PA’s fight against COVID-19

Israel will approve $230 million payment to the Palestinian Authority to help it cope with the coronavirus, Finance Ministry officials confirmed yesterday evening. The money transfer is an advance...

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May 11, 2020

Turkish agents rescue Italian woman held hostage in Somalia

Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) has conducted an operation to release an Italian woman who was detained in Somalia after being kidnapped in Kenya. The operation was coordinated with...

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May 11, 2020

Reports Yemen president’s health is deteriorating after heart attack

Sources close to exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi leaked news about his deteriorating health on Thursday after reports emerged that he was hospitalised following a heart attack...

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May 11, 2020

Fuel subsidies decline 65% in Egypt

The Egyptian government’s subsides for fuel products dropped by 65 per cent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2019/2020, Reuters reported. Subsidies for fuel products recorded an...

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May 11, 2020

Turkey warns Haftar about attacks in Libya

Turkey will consider targeting the groups in Libya associated with warlord Khalifa Haftar if the country’s interests in Libya are targeted, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Sunday....

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May 11, 2020

Libya’s Don Quixote Haftar

Almost a year ago, when the coup leader Khalifa Haftar attacked the Libyan capital Tripoli with his mercenary militias, I wrote an article in which I said, “The battle...

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May 11, 2020

Syria opposition recaptures strategic village in Hama countryside

The Syrian armed opposition factions repealed on Sunday morning an attack launched by the Syrian regime forces and retook a strategic village in Hama countryside. A military commander in...

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May 11, 2020

Um Haroon and the politics of normalisation in the Gulf

MBC’s Ramadan drama series Um Haroon has sparked controversy and debate about the presence of Jews in the Gulf region and their relationship with local Muslim communities. In itself,...

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May 11, 2020

Israel demolishes Palestinian detainee’s home

Israeli occupation forces this morning demolished the family home of a Palestinian suspect in last August’s killing of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb during a blast from a homemade bomb at a natural...

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May 11, 2020

Egypt activists call for boycott of Facebook after Yemen’s Tawakkol Karman added on its board

Egyptian activists have launched a violent campaign against Facebook after it appointed the first Arab person among 20 international figures to review the site’s content, claiming that Nobel Peace...

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