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May 21, 2020

Palestine rejects UAE aid delivered on first direct flight to Israel

The Palestinian government has refused medical aid transported by air through Israel by the UAE. The UN-facilitated flight carrying coronavirus supplies was delivered by an Etihad Airways plane that...

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May 21, 2020

Jordan man shot by Israel police near border

The Jordanian government announced yesterday that it was following up on the shooting of a Jordanian citizen by the Israeli army through official and diplomatic channels, Petra news agency reported. Petra quoted...

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May 21, 2020

Egypt arrests journalist Shaima Sami

Egyptian security forces have arrested a journalist and former researcher for the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. Shaima Sami wrote on Facebook that she was being arrested from...

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May 21, 2020

Iran MP: We have spent $30bn defending Assad, Syria must pay us back

Iran has spent between $20-$30 billion in its Syria campaign in order to keep President Bashar Al-Assad in power, an Iranian lawmaker has revealed, insisting that Syria will one...

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May 21, 2020

Algeria: Activists jailed for Facebook posts

Algerian courts handed down harsh jail terms to three opposition activists over their posts on Facebook, two human rights groups reported. The court of Cheraga sentenced Soheib Debaghi to...

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May 21, 2020

Greece condemns burning of Turkish flag

Greece’s Foreign Ministry yesterday condemned activists in Athens who burnt the Turkish flag during the tenth commemoration of the Pontic Genocide – known as a massacre of the Christian...

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May 21, 2020

UN envoy: Libya will sue UAE in international courts

The Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations (UN), Taher Al-Sunni, said his country will sue the UAE in the international courts for providing military support to renegade...

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May 21, 2020

Kuwait: 50% of expat municipal employees to be sacked

The Kuwaiti Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, Waleed Al-Jassim, on Tuesday ordered 50 per cent of expat municipal employees be sacked after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, Al-Qabas news site reported....

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May 21, 2020

UN envoy: Syria warring parties agree to resume talks

The UN special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said on Tuesday that the Syrian government and opposition have agreed to resume negotiations on the constitution in Geneva. Pedersen added...

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May 21, 2020

Saudi suspends new applications to affordable housing scheme

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Housing yesterday suspended applications for support under the Sakani affordable housing program. Announcing the move on Twitter, the program said applications for civilians and military...

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