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January 5, 2022

Ethiopia detains thousands of Tigrayans repatriated from Saudi Arabia, rights group says

The Ethiopian government has been detaining and forcibly disappearing thousands of Tigrayans who were repatriated back to the country from Saudi Arabia, according to a report by Human Rights...

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January 5, 2022

Right-wing Israeli attacks Palestinian journalist

Palestinian journalist violentely attacked by right-wing Israeli while covering the hunger striker deal...

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January 5, 2022

Libya's oil output drops by 200,000 due to damaged pipeline

Libya’s oil output has dropped by about 200,000 barrels a day after the closure of a leaking pipeline, Bloomberg reports. According to the report, Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation...

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January 5, 2022

Heavy rains, floods kill nine in Iran

At least nine people were killed in floods that hit almost entire Iran, local media reported and also reported by Anadolu News Agency. Ismail Najjar, head of the National...

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January 5, 2022

Egypt releases 3 prominent political prisoners. What about the 65,000 others?

The new year brought with it the welcome news that three of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners have now been, or are set to be, released from prison. Former...

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January 5, 2022

Attacks in Idlib by Russian warplane left 300,000 civilians without water

Russian warplanes have bombed a pumping station that provides water to Idlib in north-western Syria, left 300,000 civilians without water, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. Russian...

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January 5, 2022

Settlers cut down dozens of olive trees in West Bank to expand illegal settlement

Israeli settlers yesterday uprooted and chopped down more than a dozen olive trees in one area of the central occupied West Bank Salfit district, reported Wafa news agency. Saleh...

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January 5, 2022

Saudi imposes 10-day waiting period between Umrah permits

Saudi Arabia has introduced new restrictions on the issuance of Umrah permits amid the surge in coronavirus cases of the Omicron variant. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Hajj...

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January 5, 2022

What’s behind the deal to release hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawash?

After 141 days on hunger strike in an Israeli prison, Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash has agreed a deal with the occupation authorities that his administrative detention will end...

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January 5, 2022

Canadian court awards $83m to families of airliner downed by Iran

A Canadian court has awarded $83.94 million, plus interest, to the families of six people who died in 2020 when the Iranian Revolutionary Guards downed a Ukraine International Airlines...

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