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March 2, 2021

Iraq receives 50,000 doses of Chinese covid vaccine

"We are ready to continue providing support and assistance to Iraq to combat the pandemic and to provide more support for Iraq in the purchase of Chinese vaccines," Chinese...

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March 2, 2021

Sunni militants attack Iran Revolutionary Guards vehicle

Sunni Baluchi militants attacked a vehicle belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday in the southeast of the country, which has been hit by unrest in the past week,...

News
March 2, 2021

Hamas under the hold of the PA, Israel in the occupied West Bank

Security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA) have arrested several Hamas members and activists in the occupied West Bank and put them in Al-Junaid Prison in the city of...

Article
March 2, 2021

11m full-time jobs lost in MENA due to covid, UNICEF says

The coronavirus pandemic has led to the loss of 11 million full-time jobs in the MENA region, a new publication released by UNICEF says. According to UNICEF’s Middle East and...

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March 2, 2021

The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite

Zana Gulmohamad‘s new book, The Making of Foreign Policy in Iraq: Political Factions and the Ruling Elite, takes on the mammoth task of exploring and explaining how Iraq has...

Reviews
March 2, 2021

NGOs urge France to investigate chemical weapons use in Syria

Human rights organisations have filed a complaint in a court in Paris today against the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad. They accuse him of being responsible for war...

News
March 2, 2021

Censored: You have the right to free speech, unless you’re a minority

So there are limits to freedom of expression after all! Professor Memdani of Makarere University says it brilliantly: Power can instrumentalise free speech to frame a minority and present...

Article
March 2, 2021

The EU seeks collaboration with Biden, without political space for the Palestinians

European politicians are finally waking up to the issue of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land, acknowledging that the suspension brought about by the US-brokered Abraham Accords are not an...

Blog
March 2, 2021

Saudi says covid vaccine needed for Hajj pilgrims

Saudi Arabia has announced that Muslims wanting to visit Makkah for the annual Hajj pilgrimage will need to provide proof that they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, Saudi Okaz newspaper reports. “Vaccination...

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March 2, 2021

Israel sells surveillance drones to unnamed East Asian country

In another sign of Israel’s indispensability to the global arms industry, controversial weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems defeated its competitor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to win a lucrative tender to...

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