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December 23, 2020

UAE economy suffers deeper economic contraction than expected

There is more bad news for the Gulf economy following reports that the UAE will likely suffer a deeper economic contraction this year than previously estimated. This follows a...

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December 23, 2020

The Biden administration and Jordan’s options

Jordanian officials must have breathed a sigh of relief at Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, as another four years with President Donald Trump in the White...

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December 23, 2020

Notorious mercenaries convicted of massacre in Iraq pardoned by Trump

Four Blackwater security guards convicted in 2014 of carrying out a massacre of Iraqi civilians, sparking an international outcry over the use of mercenaries in war, have been pardoned...

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December 23, 2020

Israel DM orders seizure of $4m in funding ‘for Hamas’

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz yesterday signed an order to seize $4 million allegedly transferred from Iran to the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. The order was issued against a...

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December 23, 2020

Egypt's Al-Azhar's fatwa bans membership to the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s Al-Azhar has issued a fatwa banning membership to the Muslim Brotherhood. “It has become clear to the public what these groups have done in distorting some texts, cutting...

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December 23, 2020

It is of strategic importance for global trade that the Red Sea region is stable

The Red Sea area has always attracted attention due it strategic position and role as one of the world’s major sea lanes. The region of which it is at...

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December 23, 2020

Israel forces Jerusalemite woman to demolish her home

The Israeli municipality in occupied Jerusalem forced a Palestinian woman from the village of Silwan to demolish her house over claims that it lacked building licenses...

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December 23, 2020

Russia, Palestine discuss fighting covid, peace process

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday discussed fighting COVID-19 in Palestine with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, Sputnik reported. According to the news site, Puttin and Abbas debated possible deliveries of the Russian vaccine to...

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December 23, 2020

Israel settlers launch systematic attacks on Palestinian properties

Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians are part of a large campaign aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands and imposing new realities on the ground, B’Tselem warned yesterday....

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December 23, 2020

Pakistan tells UAE it rejects normalisation with Israel

Pakistan cannot and will not recognise Israel before a “concrete and permanent settlement” of the Palestinian issue is reached, the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday....

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