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May 5, 2020

HRW calls for probe into gorge Daesh used for a mass grave in Syria

Human Rights Watch yesterday called for an investigation to be launched into a gorge in northern Syria where Daesh used to dump the bodies of its victims. HRW said...

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May 5, 2020

Ex-US envoys to Israel urge Democratic leaders to adopt a pro-Palestinian platform

The US Democratic Party has been urged by top level American diplomats to include a number of pro-Palestinian positions within its platform for this year’s presidential election. The request...

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May 5, 2020

IMF, Lebanon stage first talks on recovery plan

Initial talks between Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been “productive”, the managing director of the organisation said yesterday. Talks took place over the phone between Lebanon’s...

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May 5, 2020

Iran will hold Quds Day rallies online amid pandemic

This year’s anti-Zionist, Quds Day rallies in Iran will go ahead online amid the coronavirus pandemic, announced Nosrtollah Lotfi, the deputy chief of the Islamic Development Coordinating Council, yesterday. According...

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May 5, 2020

Iran: Instagram couple sentenced in absentia to prison and lashes

An Iranian couple known as social media influencers have been sentenced in absentia to a combined 16 years in prison and 74 lashes by the country’s Revolutionary Court system....

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May 5, 2020

PA extends state of emergency for another month

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended the state of emergency for a third consecutive month as a result of the coronavirus crisis, Wafa news agency has reported. However, movement...

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May 5, 2020

Hezbollah leader condemns German ban as ‘submission to America’s will’

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah insisted Germany’s decision to ban the group was a result of US pressure, in a televised speech yesterday. Germany designated Hezbollah a “Shia terrorist organisation”...

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May 5, 2020

Unidentified gunmen assassinate 9 Syria security personnel

Unidentified gunmen yesterday kidnapped and assassinated nine members of the Syrian security forces in the Al-Mzairib district in Daraa, a military source told RT news agency. Well-informed sources said the attack...

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May 5, 2020

Workers protest in Kuwait demanding return to Egypt

Scores of Egyptian expatriates took to the streets in Kuwait on Sunday after they were not repatriated to their home state. Security forces used tear gas to disperse the...

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May 5, 2020

Tunisia: Ennahda calls on government to review state budget

Ennahda yesterday called on the Tunisian government to alter its program and review the state budget in accordance with the implications and risks of the coronavirus pandemic. This came...

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