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January 3, 2021

Libyans start using new exchange rate

The Central Bank of Libya on Sunday introduced a new unified exchange rate agreed last month after years of division between rival branches based on opposing sides of the...

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January 2, 2021

Will the efforts to thwart Gulf reconciliation succeed?

The Bahraini provocations in Qatar, in the form of breaching sea and air borders, came with an Emirati incitement to thwart Gulf reconciliation – or Saudi-Qatari reconciliation to be...

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January 2, 2021

Najlaa Elageli and expanding the perception of contemporary Libyan art

MEMO speaks to London-based Libyan gallerist and curator Najlaa Elageli...
January 2, 2021

US, Israel reject 2021 UN budget

The UN General Assembly approved a $3.2 billion annual budget by a vote of 167-2 with Israel and the US voting “no” in protest over alleged anti-Semitism. Negotiations are...

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January 2, 2021

Maronite patriarch warns of 'complete collapse' in Lebanon

Top Maronite cleric in Lebanon Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai warned on Friday of a “complete collapse” in the country due to the delay in forming the new government, Anadolu...

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January 2, 2021

Israel bans thousands of Palestinians from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli occupation police on Friday barred thousands of Palestinians from performing Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of fighting COVID-19, Anadolu Agency reported. Witnesses said that the...

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January 2, 2021

Kuwait schools to resume after vaccinating 65% of population

Students will return to schools in Kuwait after 65 per cent of the Kuwaiti population have been vaccinated against COVID-19, Al-Qabas newspaper revealed. The Kuwaiti daily reported that it...

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January 2, 2021

Hamas to resume reconciliation efforts with Fatah, Haniyeh says

Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh revealed on Friday that efforts are being exerted to resume internal talks ahead of reaching a reconciliation agreement. In a statement, a...

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January 2, 2021

Abbas impatient to resume unconditional talks with Israel

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas hopes to resume unconditional talks with Israel as soon as possible, a senior PA official informed Israel Hayom. On Friday, the Israeli outlet...

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January 2, 2021

Widow of late Palestine leader Arafat: 'Second Intifada was a mistake'

Suha Arafat, widow of the late Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Fatah leader Yasser Arafat, has stated that the second Intifada “was a mistake,” Israeli Yedioth...

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