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June 8, 2020

UAE sheikh’s granddaughter appointed as adviser to Yale environment body

The Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy yesterday announced that the UAE’s Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan was appointed as a member of its Board...

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June 8, 2020

University of Jordan faces backlash for inviting Israel-US academic to online workshop

The University of Jordan is facing a backlash on social media after it extended an invitation to an Israeli-American academic to give a lecture during an online workshop, the New...

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June 8, 2020

Was the ‘desecration of Caliph Umar II’s tomb’ fake news?

Sectarianism is a salient feature of contemporary warfare in the Middle East, especially in multi-religious societies. The ongoing conflict in Syria is no exception. The rapid online spread of...

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June 8, 2020

Palestinians ignore US attempt to hold Palestine-Israel conference

The US embassy has invited Israelis, Palestinians and technology companies to attend a joint conference aimed at undermining the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s halt of relations with Israel and US, Al-Quds...

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June 8, 2020

Algeria official: Tunisia’s ‘Ghannouchi has given his opponents a lesson in democracy’

Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament Rached Ghannouchi has given a lesson in democracy and ethics to his opponents, head of the Peace Society Movement in Algeria, Abderrazak Makri, said on...

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June 8, 2020

Take back control from America too

Nothing new has come out of the virtual visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories by James Cleverly, Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa. It...

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June 8, 2020

Lebanon cancels BLM protest due to security concerns

A demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was cancelled in Lebanon yesterday because of sectarian clashes that took place in the country. A demonstration of...

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June 8, 2020

12 killed in raids on Iran sites in Syria

At least 12 people were killed in airstrikes launched by unknown warplanes which targeted the headquarters of Iranian militias at a military base in the eastern countryside of Deir...

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June 8, 2020

Coronavirus widens the cracks in Egypt's cement industry

The coronavirus is putting Egypt’s private cement industry under even more pressure, Reuters reports. Already scrambling to respond to competition from a vast new factory owned by the military,...

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June 8, 2020

Sudan minister: Safety of Renaissance Dam better than Sudan, Egypt dams

Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam is safer than the dams in Sudan and Egypt, which is important as its presence impacts Sudan the most due to its proximity to the country,...

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