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November 25, 2019

Qatar, Kuwait told US they will join naval coalition, official says

Qatar and Kuwait have told the United States that they will join a US-led naval coalition in the Gulf which was established in response to a series of attacks...

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November 25, 2019

West Bank settlements attracting growing numbers of young Israeli families

There is a “growing trend among young Israeli families” to seek housing in settlements in the occupied West Bank, Haaretz reports, with many driven by a desire for alternative...

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November 25, 2019

Lebanon business group urges general strike to push for end to crisis

A business group representing much of Lebanon’s private sector called on Monday for a three-day general strike to press the country’s divided politicians to form a government and end...

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November 25, 2019

Syria constitutional talks stuck on first day of new round

Damascus government delegates to a Syrian Constitutional Committee left the second UN-sponsored round before it began on Monday, in what opposition members said was a stalling tactic, and it...

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November 25, 2019

Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race

Normalising Israel as a Jewish state absents “Palestinian experience, history and identity claims”. Yasmeen Abu Laban and Abigail Bakan, Palestinian and Jewish authors of “Israel, Palestine and the Politics...

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November 25, 2019

Security official: Saudi attempt to detonate Iran oil facilities foiled

Yesterday, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said Tehran had successfully thwarted a foreign-backed conspiracy to set oil facilities on fire in the Gulf port...

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November 25, 2019

Qatar pact allows France military to move into country

Qatar and France signed a historic military agreement yesterday in order to ensure further security in the Gulf region, amid rising concerns over Iran and its actions. Qatar’s Deputy...

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November 25, 2019

Disgraced Israeli businessman helped draft ‘deal of the century’

A disgraced Israeli businessman who is said to have received billions of dollars in backing from Saudi investment funds, has admitted to working with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and...

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November 25, 2019

Mental health epidemic in UAE prompts concerns over its ‘nanny culture’

The UAE’s “nanny culture”, where parents tend to employ a maid to look after babies during the early years, is said to be fuelling a mental health epidemic, a...

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November 25, 2019

Suspected Daesh member and her children returned to Germany

A German woman and her children are believed to be the first former Daesh members to be returned to the country, AFP reported yesterday. Thirty-year-old Laura H. is thought...

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