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July 19, 2023

Israel-Lebanon tension may trigger the ‘third’ Lebanon war

Security tension continues to increase along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with the level of provocations increasing with every passing day, in light of Israeli expectations that Hezbollah wants to preserve...

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July 19, 2023

Climate change and the Middle East: MEMO in conversation with Dr Mohammed Mahmoud

The Middle East and North Africa are facing rising temperatures almost twice as quickly as the rest of the world, but how is climate changing impacting policy in the...

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July 19, 2023

Sweden Committee for Afghanistan suspends some operations after Taliban order

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, a major humanitarian organisation, has paused some of its operations, it said on Wednesday, after a Taliban order halting Swedish activities in the country,...

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July 19, 2023

Gaza: call for release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli held in Iraq

A Gaza-based Palestinian prisoners’ association has called on Iraq to facilitate an exchange deal involving 5,000 Palestinians for the release of Russian-Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov. Her abduction in Iraq,...

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July 19, 2023

In meeting with Israel Herzog, Biden cites 'hard work' ahead for peace

US President Joe Biden met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House in Washington DC where he reiterated America's support for Israel. Reading his notes, Biden mumbled...

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July 19, 2023

US issues new 120-day waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Tuesday signed a new national security waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity that, for the first time, allows such payments to...

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July 19, 2023

Confusion grows over whether Travis Scott’s concert will go ahead at the Giza pyramids

Egyptian lawyer Amr Abdelsalam has joined calls to cancel US rapper Travis Scott’s concert at the pyramids on 28 July, accusing him of opposing Egypt’s heritage, performing satanic rituals...

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July 19, 2023

Netanyahu tells US settlement construction being limited, then denies it to the press

Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden on Monday that he would limit the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank...

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July 19, 2023

World Bank says more than half of Palestinians suffer from depression

The extent of the mental health crisis blighting the lives of Palestinians was revealed in a study by the World Bank on Friday. As many as 71 per cent...

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July 19, 2023

Bumper potato harvest brings joy to farmers in northern Syria

Syrian local farmers are overjoyed with a bumper potato harvest, thanks to favourable climate and soil conditions in the Euphrates Shield Operation Zone, Turkiye’s terror-free zone in northern Syria,...

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