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May 27, 2022

Hussein Al-Sheikh appointed secretary general of PLO Executive Committee

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday appointed Hussein Al-Sheikh as secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)’s Executive Committee, succeeding the late Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat. Al-Sheikh has previously served...

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May 27, 2022

Palestine probe: Israel sniper ‘deliberately’ targeted Shireen Abu Akleh

The Palestinian Attorney General, Akram Al-Khatib, announced yesterday that the investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, has revealed that Israeli forces “directly and deliberately” assassinated...

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May 27, 2022

40 Islamic institutions call to unify Friday sermon ahead of Israel’s Flag March

Some 40 Islamic institutions, associations and bodies yesterday called for today’s Friday sermon to be unified across the Muslim world to highlight the dangers of Israel’s planned Flag March...

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May 27, 2022

58% of children in Jerusalem live in poverty, report reveals

The city of Jerusalem is witnessing a decrease in the Jewish population in recent years, according to statistics published to mark Jerusalem Day by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel...

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May 27, 2022

It’s worth remembering that it was Hezbollah that liberated South Lebanon from Israel’s occupation, through armed struggle

As the sole Lebanese armed faction from the country’s civil war implicitly allowed to retain its arsenal in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord that ended the conflict, the...

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May 27, 2022

Qatar Airways and Airbus set for court clash over A350 paint dispute

Airbus and Qatar Airways are heading towards a three-month summer trial next year, after a UK judge granted the airline a relatively quick timetable while dismissing its procedural claims in...

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May 26, 2022

Assad regime demands money to close released detainees’ cases, violating amnesty decree

The Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad is reportedly “blackmailing” the relatives of recently-released detainees by demanding huge amounts of money in return for the guarantee that their cases will...

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May 26, 2022

Gulf airlines to lay on World Cup shuttle flights, says Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways said, on Thursday, fellow Gulf Arab airlines would operate more than 180 daily shuttle flights to Qatar during this year’s soccer World Cup, allowing fans to fly in from...

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May 26, 2022

Palestine's answer to Baywatch: Gaza's new lifeguards are put through their paces

Gaza has just completed tests for new lifeguards ahead of the summer beach season. The Ministry of Local Government tested 1,000 lifeguards who applied to fill some of the...

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May 26, 2022

French restaurant in Saudi Arabia bans hijab, causing outrage

A French restaurant in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah banned the entry of women wearing the hijab or Islamic veil, inciting outrage amongst customers and citizens in the...

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