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March 10, 2021

Legislation to strip Algerians of citizenship will stifle dissenting voices

The Algerian government is studying a draft bill which will allow citizenship to be stripped from anyone living abroad who the authorities in Algiers believe is acting against the...

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March 10, 2021

Lebanon anti-gov’t protests escalate as currency plunges

Hundreds of Lebanese demonstrators yesterday blocked roads across the country for the eighth consecutive day in protest against the deteriorating economic and living conditions after the country’s currency plunged...

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March 10, 2021

Tunisia hands ex-president’s brother-in-law prison term

A Tunisian court yesterday sentenced Sami Fehri, owner of the private El Hiwar Ettounsi TV, to eight years in prison, and handed Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of former President Zine El...

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March 10, 2021

UAE FM: Syria’s return to Arab fold ‘inevitable’

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said yesterday that Syria’s return to the Arab fold is “inevitable”. “The Caesar Act is the biggest challenge facing joint...

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March 10, 2021

Mauritania: ex-president in court on corruption charges

The former President of Mauretania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, appeared in court yesterday on corruption charges, one of more than a hundred defendants including former officials. There was tight...

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March 10, 2021

US hopes Iran will hold direct talks on nuclear program

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday that his country hopes that Iran will accept Washington’s offer to hold direct talks over its nuclear program. Speaking to reporters...

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March 10, 2021

France speeds up researchers’ access to secret Algeria war archives

France announced yesterday that researchers and historians will get easier access to classified government documents, especially those related to the controversial Algeria war, Anadolu news agency reported. The French...

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March 9, 2021

Libyan parliament postpones gov't approval to Wednesday

Libya’s parliament has postponed to Wednesday its vote of confidence on a new interim government, Anadolu Agency reported. “The parliament decided to suspend the session until tomorrow, Wednesday,” Muhammad Al-Raeed,...

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March 9, 2021

US lawmakers urge Biden to hold broad Iran talks

A bipartisan group of 140 lawmakers urged the Biden administration on Tuesday to ensure any resumption of talks with Iran goes beyond its nuclear program to include activities the...

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March 9, 2021

Uyghur women protest against Chinese camps on International Woman’s Day

Hundreds of Uyghur women took to the streets of Istanbul on International Women’s Day yesterday to protest against China’s detention camps in the country’s Xinjiang region. According to local...

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