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January 6, 2021

Jordanian-American appointed as Biden’s senior legal affairs adviser

US President-elect Joe Biden has appointed a Jordanian-American woman as his senior legal affairs adviser. Dana Shubat, a legislative aide to Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, was named for the...

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January 6, 2021

HTS releases Syria media activist after 4 months of detention

The Syrian opposition militant group Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham has released a media activist after detaining her for four months and handing her a death sentence. The arrest of Nour...

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January 6, 2021

The 7 dangers of the new wave of normalisation with Israel

The Palestinian issue is suffering from an unprecedented decline in the levels of official Arab interaction while normalisation is currently the latest episode of this decline, as Arab countries...

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January 6, 2021

Egypt health minister caught at large wedding as covid pandemic rages

The Egyptian health minister is under fire again after a video of her at a wedding has gone viral. The video was posted on Instagram by fashion designer Samo...

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January 6, 2021

There is a big difference between Arab and Turkish normalisation with Israel

Media reports revealed last month that Turkey has been working to restore relations with Israel. On 9 December, Al-Monitor said that Ankara had selected a new ambassador to Tel...

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January 6, 2021

Muslim Brotherhood welcomes end of Gulf crisis

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) yesterday welcomed measures announced on Monday to finalise reconciliation among member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), group spokesman, Talaat Fahmi, said in a statement. Fahmi...

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January 6, 2021

Lebanese outrage over Soleimani statue unveiled in Beirut

Lebanese erupted in fury online after a statue of assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani appeared in Beirut...

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January 6, 2021

UN: Hundreds of thousands of Yemen children will die within months

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yesterday warned that children in Yemen would die within “months” due to lack of humanitarian assistance. “Without urgent...

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January 6, 2021

The Axis of Torture was taught by a Nazi and is likely to grow

Torture is an evil as old as conflict, and there is much more to it than the sort of thing usually seen in the movies. It is, sadly, a...

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January 6, 2021

Iraq bars security personnel from talking to media

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi yesterday issued a directive banning all military and security services members from making statements to the media “without prior approval”. “It is strictly forbidden...

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