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September 8, 2021

Egypt hopes to help Lebanon overcome energy crisis soon, minister says

Egypt’s petroleum minister said today he hoped to export Egyptian gas as soon as possible to Jordan to generate power that will supply Lebanon, Reuters reports. The minister made his remarks...

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September 8, 2021

Is TurkStream a threat to Turkey’s relationship with the US?

Turkey’s TurkStream gas pipeline is an important part of a mega gas project that complements Russia’s Nord Stream-2 pipeline, which will carry natural gas supplies to Europe. For Russia,...

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September 8, 2021

Lebanon working with World Bank to fund power supply

Lebanese caretaker energy minister said Beirut is working with the World Bank to secure financing for a scheme to import Egyptian gas to Jordan that will generate power to...

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September 8, 2021

Detained Tunisia lawmaker goes on hunger strike

Tunisian Member of Parliament, Yassine Ayari, yesterday launched a hunger strike in Mornaguia Prison where he is serving a two-month sentence for criticising the president. The Amal Movement to...

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September 8, 2021

Islamic Jihad warns Israel not to harm escapees and prisoners

Islamic Jihad in Palestine warned Israel yesterday not to harm the six Palestinian escapees or those prisoners still held in its jails, local media have reported. “Harming the prisoners...

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September 8, 2021

Egypt: 10-year-old disabled girl sacrificed to jinn by uncle and aunt

A ten-year-old disabled Egyptian girl has been killed by her uncle and aunt in what they say was a sacrifice to the jinn. Gulf News reported Shaimaa suffered from brain...

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September 8, 2021

PA security services ‘in close contact’ with Israel on escapees

The Palestinian Authority security services are “in close contact” with their Israeli counterparts on the escaped prisoner issue, an Israel journalist has revealed. Security officials in Jordan are also...

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September 8, 2021

IAEA: Iran has 10kg of 60% enriched uranium

Iran has produced about ten kilogrammes of uranium enriched to 60 per cent purity, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday. The agency condemned what it considered Iran’s...

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September 8, 2021

The Afghanisation of Yemen and the forgotten conflict

It seems that the clouds of the Afghan crisis will rain in Yemen and bring with them more disasters than they did with the government of Ashraf Ghani. It...

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September 8, 2021

US approves $47m in aid to crisis-hit Lebanon army

US President Joe Biden yesterday authorised an aid package worth $47 million to the Lebanese army. Biden issued a memorandum authorising Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to withdraw up...

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