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July 8, 2020

Lebanon jails Sunni scholar for life over alleged Daesh affiliation

A Lebanese court sentenced a Sunni scholar to life and hard labour after finding him guilty of being affiliated with Daesh, local media outlets reported. Bassam Al-Tarras, the former...

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July 8, 2020

Report: Dubai is a haven for dirty money

Corrupt and criminal actors from around the world, including Afghan warlords, Russian mobsters, Nigerian kleptocrats, European money launderers, Iranian sanctions-busters, and East African gold smugglers, operate through or from...

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July 8, 2020

Egypt holds Mubarak-era information minister in custody pending court hearing

Egypt’s Court of Cassation yesterday ordered Mubarak-era minister of Information, Safwat El-Sherif, to be held in custody pending the hearing of an appeal he filed against a three-year prison...

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July 8, 2020

Egypt proposal to re-erect 'colonialist' Suez Canal statue stirs controversy

Egyptian proposal to re-erect the statue of French diplomat and developer of the Suez Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps at Port Said has sparked debate...

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July 8, 2020

Saudi digitises 250,000 pages of Jerusalem's Palestinian history

The King Abdul Aziz Public Library (KAPL) in Riyadh has compiled and digitised 820 records of the Jerusalem Shariah Court, to conserve endangered collections relating to Palestinian history and...

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July 8, 2020

Iraq has a historical opportunity for progress which its Prime Minister must take

It does not look as if Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi wants a direct confrontation with the factions which make up the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) and are loyal...

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July 8, 2020

Russia working to close border between Turkey, Syria used for aid delivery

Russia is seeking to use its right to veto at the United Nations Security Council to close the Bab Al-Salam border crossing; one of two crossings used to bring...

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July 8, 2020

OCHA: Men make up 76% of COVID-19 cases in Yemen

Men make up 76 per cent of all cases of the coronavirus in Yemen, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed yesterday The UN...

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July 8, 2020

Lebanon nationals seek to emigrate over economic crisis

Many Lebanese are seeking to leave the country for good in search of a better quality of life as the economic crisis continues to bite, Al Jazeera and the National reported. Barely...

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July 8, 2020

Syria families in Turkey marrying off ‘underage daughters for money’ amid coronavirus

Campaigners have warned about the increasing numbers of Syrian families marrying off their underage daughters to Turkish men for money amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report in...

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