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March 13, 2021

Family in north-west Syria make a living from old ammunition

In a scrapyard that looks somewhat like an ammunition depot in north-western Syria, nine-year-old Malik is busy arranging blank mortar shells that his family dismantle for iron parts and...

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March 13, 2021

Morocco: Benkirane freezes membership of Justice and Development over cannabis legalisation

Head of the Moroccan government Saadeddine Othmani called on members of the Justice and Development Party to refrain from commenting on the decision of the party’s former Secretary-General Abdelilah...

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March 13, 2021

White House adviser: US engaged in indirect diplomacy with Iran

The United States and Iran have begun indirect diplomacy with Europeans and others conveying messages about how they might resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, White House...

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March 13, 2021

UN looks to private equity investor to help feed Yemen

The United Nations World Food Programme is hoping to get a share of hundreds of millions of dollars from a private foundation set up to help Yemen by US...

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March 12, 2021

No more COVID jabs in parliament, says Lebanon's deputy speaker after scandal

Lawmakers will get their COVID-19 vaccinations in hospital like everyone else from now on, the deputy speaker of Lebanon’s parliament said on Friday following a scandal over MPs receiving...

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March 12, 2021

Increasing settler violence goes unchecked by the Israel 'Defence' Forces

As I was reading an article headlined “Israel says 600 children given Covid jab had no serious side effects”, my twitter feed was filled with messages expressing outrage about...

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March 12, 2021

World Bank to grant Tunisia $50m loan

The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a $50 million loan to Tunisia with the aim of supporting the Resilience Project to face natural disasters and climate change. Tunisia...

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March 12, 2021

Egypt imposes visa fee on Arab nationals

The Egyptian government gazette published a decision by Interior Minister Mahmoud Tawfiq on the visa fee for citizens of Arab countries visiting Egypt. The decision excused nations that had...

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March 12, 2021

US: We've offered Houthis a plan for a Yemen ceasefire

A sound plan for a Yemen ceasefire is now before the leadership of the Iran-backed Houthi movement, Reuters reported the US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking saying today. Warning...

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March 12, 2021

Saudi Arabia denies ‘UAE meeting’ between Netanyahu and Bin Salman

A high-ranking Saudi official has denied that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was scheduled to meet Benjamin Netanyahu in the UAE yesterday. The denial followed a report by the...

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