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August 10, 2020

Turkey: Lebanon can use our port, we are ready to send more aid

Turkey has offered to help Lebanon rebuild Beirut’s port, which was destroyed by a massive blast last week, the office of Turkey’s vice president said in a statement. Turkey...

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August 10, 2020

Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera journalist

Egyptian authorities have extended the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein for 45 days adding to the already 1,300 days he has spent behind bars. Hussein was arrested on 20 December 2016...

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August 10, 2020

Mahmoud Nawajaa’s detention extended by Israel, again

Israeli authorities extended the detention of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist Mahmoud Nawajaa for eight more days over the weekend, reported Wafa news agency. General coordinator of the Palestinian National...

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August 10, 2020

Ex-Saudi intelligence czar under heightened security in Canada following new threats

Former Saudi intelligence czar, Saad Al-Jabri, who last week made the explosive allegation that Crown Prince Muhammed Bin Salman had made several attempts to assassinate him, has been placed under heightened security in...

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August 10, 2020

Gaza’s solidarity with Lebanon is being expressed in blood

I know about pain, and I know when other people are in pain. I have seen it, felt it and lived it many times. Ever since I was born,...

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August 10, 2020

Syria denies exempting sugar imports from taxes

The Syrian government has never proposed a tax exemption for raw sugar imports, the director of the government-owned General Organisation for Sugar, announced yesterday. “Tax exemption is very important, and...

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August 10, 2020

Lebanon: Underground shelter found in Beirut port as search for survivors continues

An underground shelter has been unearthed in Beirut’s port today sparking hope workers caught in the area during the explosion may have survived, as the search for people trapped in the...

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August 10, 2020

Iran is ready to help Beirut’s reconstruction

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has visited the Lebanese Embassy in Tehran to express his condolences following last week’s devastating blast at Beirut Port which has now claimed the...

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August 10, 2020

There’s more to Saudi involvement in Syria than meets the eye

Buried within the explosive accusations against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, the most attention grabbing of which was that a mere two weeks after the assassination of...

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August 10, 2020

Lebanon: 3 ministers, 8 MPs resign after Beirut blast

Eleven Lebanese politicians, including three government ministers, have resigned in the wake of the lethal explosion in Beirut’s port last week. The explosion, which was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, killed...

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