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May 11, 2020

Erdogan: Turkey to start power generation in huge Tigris dam next week

Turkey will launch the first turbine in Ilisu Dam in southeast Turkey next week, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday following a weekly cabinet meeting. “We will start operating...

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May 11, 2020

Coronavirus seen delaying justice for Iraqi women displaced by war

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Iraqi women forced to flee their homes during war have still not been able to return and now face even longer delays due to...

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May 11, 2020

Abu Dhabi's Etihad lays off staff, warns of further cuts

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has laid off a large number of employees due to the coronavirus pandemic that has shattered global travel demand and warned staff to brace for...

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May 11, 2020

All mosques in Iran to reopen on Tuesday

All mosques in Iran will reopen on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the...

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May 11, 2020

Saudi Arabia deepens oil cuts as weak demand weighs on prices

Saudi Arabia will voluntarily deepen oil output cuts from June as low oil prices are causing huge pain to the kingdom’s budget and global demand remains weak due to...

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May 11, 2020

Jordanian civil servants to return to work on May 26

Jordan’s cabinet decided on Monday to allow civil servants to return to work on May 26 following a break of around two months imposed as part of measures to...

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May 11, 2020

France pushing for tough EU response to any West Bank annexation

France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the occupied...

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May 11, 2020

It is too late for the PLO to cancel the agreements with Israel

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) has been threatening to cancel all the agreements with Israel over the latter’s intention to annex large parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including most...

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May 11, 2020

Farewell to Iraq’s last princess

Iraq's last princess dies aged 100. Princess Badiya bint Ali was born in Damascus in 1920. Her father King Ali bin Al-Hussein briefly ruled the Hejaz kingdom in western...

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May 11, 2020

Is Putin behind the split in Syria’s Assad family?

It is well understood that the Assad regime controls all aspects of Syrian life and society as dictatorships tend to do. The tentacles of the regime reach into the...

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