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February 8, 2021

Israel arrests shepherd on the Syrian border

A shepherd who crossed the Syrian border into Israel was arrested on Sunday by the Israel Defence Forces, the Jerusalem Post has reported. According to the IDF, the man...

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February 8, 2021

Iraq moves 13 'highly dangerous' containers from Basra port

Iraq’s Border Ports Authority yesterday announced the evacuation of 13 containers at the Basra ports for containing “highly dangerous chemicals”. The authority’s Director, Omar Adnan Al-Waeli, told official Alsumaria...

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February 8, 2021

A blow to the counter-revolutions axis

The great surprise occurred in Libya, and the counter-revolution was dealt a painful blow. Its men were defeated in the Libyan elections, which were held in Geneva under the...

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February 8, 2021

EU discusses Sudan-Ethiopia border dispute

A delegation from the European Union yesterday arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum as part of European efforts to resolve the country’s border conflict with Ethiopia. “The fact-finding delegation,...

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February 8, 2021

Algeria to collect 1 million signatures for bill criminalising French colonialism

Algerian MPs have launched a campaign to collect one million signatures to put pressure on the government to enact a law to criminalise the French colonial occupation of the...

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February 8, 2021

Biden’s cybersecurity pick is a threat to US security

Just after Christmas, Jonathan and Esther Pollard were flown on a private jet from New Jersey to Tel Aviv. After touching down, Jonathan kissed the tarmac and was greeted...

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February 8, 2021

Probe into EU border agency's 'very worrying' role in forcing refugees out

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) faces allegations of abuses of migrants which were described as “very worrying” by Brussels, AFP reports. According to the news agency, Frontex is...

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February 8, 2021

Israel soldiers demolish well, caravans in West Bank

Israeli occupation forces destroyed a water well and two caravans in the occupied Palestinian territories, reported Wafa news agency. According to Marzouk Abu Naim, the head of Al-Mughayyer village council based to...

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February 8, 2021

Libya: Head of interim government calls for support for new authority

The head of the interim government in Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has called on all parties to support the new executive authority in order to end the conflict and...

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February 8, 2021

Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula

Laleh Khalili’s book Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula is a surprisingly seductive read. A cross between history, geopolitics and economics, with a...

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