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August 24, 2020

The UAE-Israel agreement serves the US and Israel alone

The UAE-Israel announcement of closer ties between them on 13 August did not surprise me. It was the latest development in the growing Israeli relationship with Gulf States, including...

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August 24, 2020

Yemen asylum seeker found dead in UK hotel room

A Yemeni asylum seeker who made the arduous journey to Europe after fleeing his war-torn country has been found dead in a Manchester hotel room. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Al-Habib,...

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August 24, 2020

Report: Owner of Lebanon ship of explosive material linked to Hezbollah

The owner of the ship that transported 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to Beirut’s port in 2013 owed money to a bank accused of laundering funds for Hezbollah, an investigation by Der...

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August 24, 2020

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi: ‘Ennahda will amend electoral law’

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party “will work on amending the electoral law that destabilised the political situation” in the country, Rached Ghannouchi said yesterday. The party leader said: “If the parliament...

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August 24, 2020

Fatah criticises Arab League’s neglect of its request to hold emergency meeting

A prominent Fatah leader spoke of the Arab League’s neglect of the Palestinian leadership’s request to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the UAE’s decision to normalise relations with...

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August 24, 2020

Morocco: ‘e-learning’ to be implemented during next school year

Morocco’s Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on Saturday the implementation of “e-learning” as a teaching approach to start the new 2020-2021 academic...

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August 24, 2020

New US move to push Saudi Arabia to normalise relations with Israel

Informed sources said that Jared Kushner, the senior adviser and son-in-law of the US President Donald Trump, will visit Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman in early September to persuade...

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August 24, 2020

Russia, Turkey sign deal for supply of S-400 missile systems to Ankara

Moscow has signed a contract to supply Ankara with a second batch of S-400 missile systems, Russia Today reported on its Arabic website, citing the director general of Russian state-run arms...

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August 24, 2020

Only Arab states aligned with Iran will oppose Zionism

The agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish full diplomatic relations in exchange for the suspension (or from Israel’s point of view, merely the postponement) of...

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August 24, 2020

Anti-normalisation groups set up in UAE to counter Israel peace deal

Protestors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against the normalisation of relations with Israel founded an association which opposes any economic, sports, security and political deals the Gulf country...

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