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June 4, 2020

Is the PA exchanging security coordination for civil coordination with Israel?

The presenter on Palestine’s Ajyal Radio asked me: “What are Israel’s options for dealing with the President Mahmoud Abbas’ convoy? Will it be intercepted when it heads for Jordan or will...

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June 4, 2020

EU proposes $485m in support for Syria refugees in Turkey

The European Union has proposed a plan to provide financial support for Turkey to deal with the refugees in the country, as part of an amendment of its 2020...

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June 4, 2020

Egypt prepares for locust swarms

Egypt is taking pre-emptive measures to prevent desert locust swarms from entering the country, local media reported. The Ministry of Agriculture said that committees affiliated with the ministry’s Central...

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June 4, 2020

Middle East stars face backlash for ‘blackface’ US protests solidarity photos

Lebanese Tania Saleh, Algerian Souhila Ben Lachhab and Moroccan Mariam Hussein each posted photos of themselves doing ‘blackface’, despite the practice being widely considered a form of racism...

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June 4, 2020

Sudan defends UN submission on Ethiopia dam

Sudan’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Yasser Abbas said that the memorandum submitted by his country to the United Nations Security Council does not constitute an escalation of...

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June 4, 2020

President: Lebanon seeks to extend UNIFIL mandate without change

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said yesterday that his country will ask the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)...

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June 4, 2020

Libya: Haftar visits Egypt hours before rival government recaptures Tripoli airport

Libya’s eastern-based military leader Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar visited Cairo yesterday and met with Egypt’s deputy defence minister hours before the internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced that...

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June 4, 2020

Protesters raid office, ‘force’ Iraq health director to resign

Protestors in Iraq’s Dhi Qar province yesterday stormed the office of the head of the local Health Ministry forcing him to resign over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak...

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June 4, 2020

More prisons and fewer hospitals as the destruction of Egypt continues

The real catastrophe in Egypt is not the Covid-19 pandemic reaching its peak, but the peaking of stupidity and disregard for citizens’ needs. The country is facing the coronavirus...

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June 4, 2020

Amnesty slams UAE over conditions of prisoners of conscience amid COVID-19

Amnesty International has criticised UAE authorities over the deteriorating conditions of prisoners of conscience being held in the Gulf country in light of the outbreak of the coronavirus in...

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