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November 23, 2020

Israelis don’t need visas for South Africa, but Palestinians do; why the double standards?

When I applauded Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for his firm stance against “normalisation” with Israel earlier this month, a friend posed an interesting query. Is it true, he...

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November 23, 2020

900 ancient artefacts missing in Kuwait

Some 900 artefacts from the Hellenistic, Abidian, Greek and ancient Islamic eras have gone missing in Kuwait. Well-informed sources told local newspaper Al-Seyassah that the artefacts were part of...

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November 22, 2020

Rival Libya MPs to hold unity talks in Morocco

More than 40 Libyan lawmakers representing the Tobruk-based parliament will travel to Morocco on Sunday for talks on the possible reunification of the House of Representatives, Anadolu reports. Libya...

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November 22, 2020

Syrian regime killed 98 people in Daraa

The Syrian regime has tortured 98 people in the last two years violating the 2018 Daraa agreement, according to local sources, Anadolu reports. The regime tortured many people who...

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November 22, 2020

Netanyahu urges no return to Iran nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an apparent message to US President-elect Joe Biden, said on Sunday there should be no return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal abandoned...

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November 22, 2020

Syria appoints veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister

Syria named veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad as foreign minister on Sunday to replace Walid Moalem, who died last week, state media reported, Reuters reports. Mekdad, 66, had been deputy...

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November 22, 2020

Gaza's health system days from being overwhelmed by COVID-19, advisers say

A sharp rise in coronavirus infections in the Gaza Strip could overwhelm the Palestinian enclave’s meagre medical system by next week, public health advisers said on Sunday, Reuters reports....

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November 22, 2020

Morocco says its move in Sahara 'not military action'

The Moroccan prime minister said on Sunday that interference in the Guerguerat buffer zone in disputed Western Sahara were “not a direct military action but a peaceful act” to...

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November 22, 2020

Iran: Kabul attacks part of US proxy war

Iran has condemned Saturday’s rocket attacks in Kabul calling it “an example of proxy war” in war-torn Afghanistan, Anadolu reports. A statement by Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said...

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November 22, 2020

Lebanon's president pledges to revive forensic audit of central bank

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that a forensic audit of the central bank was vital to combat corruption and that he would put it back on track...

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