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October 14, 2020

HRW: Protests are scaring Egypt’s government

The mass arrests and heavy-handed response to the 20 September protesters show how deeply Egypt’s authorities fear mass protests, writes MENA researcher for Human Rights Watch Amr Magdi. “What...

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October 14, 2020

Egypt journalists call on union to help release detained colleagues

A number of Egyptian journalists have called on the country’s Journalists’ Syndicate to immediately intervene and protect its members, especially those who have been detained by authorities for conducting...

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October 14, 2020

MEMO in conversation with Wafa Ghnaim

Watch our interview with Palestinian-American businesswoman, artist and writer Wafa Ghnaim about traditional Palestinian embroidery...

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October 14, 2020

Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are facing Covid-19 alone

A forecast by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee and obtained exclusively by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) is that between 70 and 80 per cent of Palestinian refugees in...

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October 14, 2020

Official: Greece won’t hold talks with Turkey while survey ship in disputed waters

A spokesman for the Greek government, Stelios Petsas, said yesterday that his country will not participate in exploratory talks with Turkey as long as the Turkish survey vessel Oruc...

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October 14, 2020

Cairo seeks details about attack on Egyptian citizen in Jordan

Egypt’s Minister of Immigration Nabila Makram has said that she is seeking details from Amman regarding an attack on an Egyptian citizen in Jordan, local news agencies reported yesterday....

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October 14, 2020

US builds army base in Syria’s oil rich Deir Ez-Zor

The United States has started construction of a new military base in Syrian oil rich Deir Ez-Zor governorate near the Syrian-Iraqi border. Local sources said the new base will...

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October 14, 2020

Hamas: Resistance will force Israel to meet demands of hunger striking prisoners

Former chief of Hamas’ Political Bureau Khaled Meshaal stressed yesterday that his movement will force Israel to meet the demands of hunger striking Palestinian prisoners, the official Hamas website reported....

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October 14, 2020

Lebanon president meets maritime border demarcation delegation

Lebanese President Michel Aoun yesterday chaired a meeting of the delegation tasked with holding technical indirect negotiations to demarcate the country’s southern maritime borders with Israel. The National News Agency reported...

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October 14, 2020

Germany warns Turkey against ‘provocations' in East Med

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas yesterday called on Turkey to refrain from more provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean. “If the new Turkish exploration operations for gas actually take place...

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