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January 5, 2021

Tunisian PM sacks interior minister, baring tensions with president

Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday sacked his Interior Minister, who is close to President Kais Saied, a move underscoring tensions between the country’s two most powerful leaders,...

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January 5, 2021

US hits Iran with fresh sanctions as Trump term nears end

The United States on Tuesday blacklisted a Chinese company that makes elements for steel production, 12 Iranian steel and metals makers, and three foreign-based sales agents of a major...

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January 5, 2021

Algeria jails man for satirical memes

An Algerian court yesterday sentenced a supporter of the Hirak protest movement to three years in prison and fined him for publishing political cartoons and memes on Facebook. Walid...

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January 5, 2021

Israel and Greece to sign largest ever security deal

Israel and Greece are set to sign the largest ever security agreement between the two countries, worth up to $1.68 billion, the Times of Israel has reported. The deal...

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January 5, 2021

UAE denies reports of foiling Iran plot against Israel tourists

The UAE has rejected claims made by Israeli news outlets that its security services had arrested a number of Iranians suspected of plotting to carry out an attack against...

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January 5, 2021

Turkey FM welcomes end of Gulf crisis

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry today welcomed the end of the three-year Gulf crisis, Anadolu reports. “This step constitutes a very important step in solving the conflict ongoing since June 2017,” the ministry...

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January 5, 2021

Abbas is exploiting Palestinian reconciliation and unity efforts

After returning to security coordination with Israel just days after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election, the Palestinian Authority wasted no time in reassuring...

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January 5, 2021

Israel appoints first diplomat to the UAE ahead of embassy opening

Israel has appointed its former ambassador to Turkey, Eitan Na’eh, as the country’s top diplomat in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in preparation for the establishment of a permanent...

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January 5, 2021

Syria’s Assad killed more than 30 people in Daraa since December

More than 30 people were killed in assassinations and explosions carried out by the Assad regime in the Daraa province of Syria since early December 2020, the Syrian Observatory...

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January 5, 2021

Trump is ‘conspiratorial’ to start war with Iran, claims whistle-blower

Veteran whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg has said that there is “very little doubt” that Donald Trump has a secret plan to trigger a military conflict with Iran, and urged government...

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