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January 19, 2021

Tunisia: Don't trade freedom for security, warns former assembly president

A former president of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) in Tunisia has warned fellow citizens not to trade freedom for security in the belief that things were “better in...

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January 19, 2021

Turkey and the UAE move to improve relations

Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are making efforts to improve their relations following the signing of the “solidarity and stability” agreement between Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and...

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January 19, 2021

Will the Palestinian elections end the division?

President Mahmoud Abbas’s decree setting the dates for Palestinian elections, which haven’t taken place for years, is without doubt an important step towards ending the political division. Nevertheless, proposing...

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January 19, 2021

Kurdish MPs urge KRG to deliver oil to Baghdad

The parliamentary bloc of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on Monday demanded the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq to start delivering oil to the federal government in...

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January 19, 2021

Israel tourist behaviour in UAE 'shameful'

Israeli visitors to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been behaving in a “shameful” manner, Ynet News reported yesterday. “More than 66,000 Israeli tourists have visited UAE’s Dubai and...

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January 19, 2021

US withdraws last troops from Somalia

The US has completely withdrawn its troops from Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced yesterday. “The repositioning of the troops was completed ahead of the deadline in a presidential...

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January 19, 2021

Global civil society groups push back against Macron’s crackdown on Muslims

In the first coordinated global civil society pushback against France’s increasingly hostile policies towards its Muslim citizens, over 36 civil society organisations from 13 countries have submitted today formal...

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January 19, 2021

Why has Israel banned Jenin, Jenin? It fears the Palestinian narrative

On 11 January, Israel’s Lod District Court ruled against Palestinian film-maker Mahmoud Bakri, and ordered him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with...

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January 19, 2021

Yemen: STC rejects president’s new appointments, threatens to escalate

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) of Yemen on Sunday rejected the recent appointments made by President of the Republic Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, threatening escalation if...

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January 19, 2021

Russia deploys military reinforcements to northeastern Syria

Head of the Russia-Syria Joint Monitoring Centre Dmitry Suntsov announced on Monday the deployment of additional Russian military units to northeastern Syria. Suntsov confirmed that an additional Russian military...

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