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November 5, 2020

Egypt releases over 400 September protesters

Egypt has released over 400 people arrested for taking part in the September protests. On 20 September Egyptians took to the streets to protest against the ruling regime after soaring living...

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November 5, 2020

Bahrain convicts 51 people over ‘Iran links’

The Bahrain High Criminal Court has convicted 51 people on charges of belonging to an “unnamed” militant group. Bahrain claimed the convicts received orders as well as weapons from...

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November 5, 2020

Sudan has normalised relations with Israel, and Khartoum is to blame

When US President Donald Trump announced on 24 October that Sudan had agreed to normalise ties with Israel he surprised few observers in the region. In February, Sudan’s transitional...

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November 5, 2020

US elects second Muslim, Palestinian representative

Democratic party candidate Iman Jodeh has been selected to the Colorado House of Representatives beating Republican candidate Robert Andrews in the polls yesterday. Commenting on the news on Twitter,...

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November 5, 2020

Syria president to compensate education ministry employees

Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, issued a legislative decree to grant financial compensation to employees of the Ministry of Education. Legislative Decree No. 27 of 2020 grants Syrian educators monthly...

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November 5, 2020

PKK militants attack Iraq’s Kurdish forces

Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) yesterday launched an attack against the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq. “This morning, a number of the PKK fighters launched an...

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November 5, 2020

Abbas renews pandemic state of emergency

Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has renewed the state of emergency in the occupied West Bank following an increase in the number of Covid-19 infections, Wafa has reported. The...

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November 5, 2020

Qatar distributes $100 to 100,000 poor families in Gaza

Qatar’s Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza yesterday began distributing $100 each to 100,000 poor Palestinian families in the besieged Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported. Palestinians, according to Anadolu, queued in front of government...

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November 5, 2020

Saudi to US: Don’t use universal jurisdiction to prosecute crown prince

Saudi Arabia yesterday told the US “not to use the principle of universal jurisdiction” to prosecute Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman as the royal was summoned a part of...

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November 5, 2020

Realpolitik, the Palestinians and Britain’s broken promises

The First World War started in 1914 due to the prevailing balance of power and alliances in Europe. The tipping point was the assassination of the heir to the...

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