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US-led coalition warns Kurdish-Arab clashes in Syria could fuel ISIS resurgence
“The violence in northeast Syria must cease,” the coalition said in a statement, saying that “distractions” from fighting ISIS sleeper cells risked a resurgence of the group.
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Amini’s ghost haunts Iranian authorities as they ratchet up crackdown
Campaigners outside Iran say the Iranian authorities are acutely aware of the risk that the anniversary of Amini’s death on September 16 could spark more protests.
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Instability in Central and West Africa after Gabon coup a concern for Arab region
The prospects of more instability south of the Sahara are likely to fuel more concerns regarding security and illegal migration for the Arab region.
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Claims contained in the “Pandora Papers” according to which King Abdullah II created a network of offshore companies to build a secretive $100 million overseas property empire have come at a delicate time for Jordan both at home and abroad. thearabweekly.com/pandora-pa…
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Tunisian-American Annissa Essaibi George has won one of two top slots in the race for mayor of Boston set for next November. thearabweekly.com/tunisian-a…
Private sector companies in the UAE will have to fill 10% of their positions with Emirati nationals within five years, the UAE said on Sunday, announcing its latest tranche of economic reforms. thearabweekly.com/uae-mandat…
The military institution in Algeria has regained its influence and gradually begun to control the levers of the state, after years of sidelining. thearabweekly.com/tebboune-e…
Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in Baghdad last month: maintain calm, until after nuclear talks between Iran and the United States. thearabweekly.com/iran-losin…
Patients in the overcrowded COVID-19 ward at the Ibn Jazzar Hospital in the Tunisian town of Kairouan are dying daily amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Tunisia. thearabweekly.com/ill-equipp…
In November 1981, Tunisia held its first multiparty elections since independence in 1956. thearabweekly.com/ahmed-mest…
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US President Joe Biden exhorted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to reduce tensions in the Gaza conflict on the path to a ceasefire, a White House spokeswoman said. thearabweekly.com/anywhere-n…
Chaos spread again across Lebanon on Tuesday amid deteriorating economic and living conditions. thearabweekly.com/army-holds…
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh carried out on Sunday his second cabinet shake-up since taking office in October last year. thearabweekly.com/jordans-pm…
Undeterred by prospects of sanctions from both the European Union and the US, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a vociferous attack on French President Emanuel Macron. thearabweekly.com/turkey-fac…
Iraq’s Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party announced Monday the death of prominent leader Izzat al-Douri, who was the vice-president of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from his accession to power in 1979 until his fall in 2003. thearabweekly.com/saddams-fo…
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As the US readies for a contentious presidential election next month, the stakes are especially high for Muslim immigrants impacted by President Donald Trump’s travel ban. thearabweekly.com/high-stake…
More than 4.6 million Syrian children are now suffering from food insecurity due to years of war, poverty and now the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent figures from an international aid group. thearabweekly.com/more-syria…
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Turkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) are discussing possible Turkish military bases in Libya with a view to longterm Turkish presence in the North African country, a Turkish source told the Reuters news agency. thearabweekly.com/growing-wa…
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Prisoners in southern Iranian province of Fars broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot. thearabweekly.com/prison-rio…
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets," prepare to disinfect the Kafr Lusin camp for the displaced by the border with Turkey, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, on March 24, 2020.
Photo credit: AFP
A Syrian family in the doorway of a ward at a hospital in the Syrian capital Damascus (with a large picture of President Bashar al-Assad before a waving Syrian flag behind), on March 19, 2020.
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A family is seen wearing a face mask as they stand at the main train station of Cairo, amid of the global Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, March 19, 2020.
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Members of firefighters wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they disinfect the streets, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 18, 2020.
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A street vendor, Abderrahim, 55, poses for a portrait while wearing a makeshift face mask made of fig leaves, in the Medina of Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
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Greek Army soldiers detain a group of migrants that crossed from Turkey to Greece, near the village of Protoklisi, in the region of Evros, Greece, March 10, 2020.
Photo credit: Reuters
Israeli soldiers stand guard as Israeli settlers take part in celebrations marking the Jewish holiday of Purim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron March 10, 2020.
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As well as circulating among the ruling class, the virus is also present in Iran’s prisons. thearabweekly.com/coronaviru…
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A man wears a protective mask ahead of Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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A man wears a protective mask ahead of Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Photo Credit: AFP
Migrants show tear gas canisters to media members as they wait on the no man's land between Turkey and Greece, at Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, near Edirne in Turkey, March 5, 2020. (Reuters)
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Members of the civil defense team spray disinfectant to sanitise the surroundings of the Kufa mosque, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq February 27. (Reuters)
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Palestinian firefighters work at the scene where a fire broke out in a market in the central Gaza Strip March 5, 2020. (Reuters)
A staff wears a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus as a statue of a chimpanzee bell-boy with a mask is seen at the entrance of the Walled Off hotel in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 5, 2020. (Reuters)
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Medical staff in protective gear wait for Iraqi passengers returning from Iran at Najaf International Airport on March 5, 2020. (AFP)
Millions of people worldwide may have seen the desert fortress in the fantasy series “Game of Thrones” but few know they can visit the Moroccan village of Ait-Ben-Haddou. thearabweekly.com/morocco-fo…
The region’s foremost female icon, Umm Kulthum, was resurrected before an audience at the Dubai Opera House, forty-five years after her death. thearabweekly.com/dubai-resu…
🇮🇶🇮🇷 The protests in Iraq were among reasons Iran's Qassem #Soleimani moved with the Iraqi #Hezbollah Brigades to attack the US base in #Iraq.
#KataibHezbollah #NouriAlMaliki #AbuMusabAlZarqawi thearabweekly.com/death-arro…
Lebanon President Michel Aoun has designated Hassan Diab, an academic and former education minister, as the country’s next prime minister. thearabweekly.com/hezbollah-… ||
Lebanon President Michel Aoun has designated Hassan Diab, an academic and former education minister, as the country’s next prime minister. thearabweekly.com/lebanon-pr…
5.7 earthquake comes amid devastation of #Typhoon_Hagibis , one of strongest storms to hit #Japan in decades
5.7 earthquake comes amid devastation of #Typhoon_Hagibis , one of strongest storms to hit #Japan in decades
Chronology of #Brexit negotiations since Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented his new plan on October 2.
Former French president #Jacques_Chirac, who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died at the age of 87. His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told AFP that President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully.
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It doesn’t seem that Iran’s supreme leader will ever understand that everything has a price in these horrible times. So, what are Trump and his allies waiting for? thearabweekly.com/whats-trum… ||
It doesn’t seem that Iran’s supreme leader will ever understand that everything has a price in these horrible times. So, what are Trump and his allies waiting for? thearabweekly.com/whats-trum…
All of #Florida is under a state of emergency and authorities are urging residents to stockpile a week's worth of food and supplies as #Hurricane_Dorian gathers strength and aims to slam the state as soon as Monday as a Category 4 storm.
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Key dates in the life of Toni Morrison who passed away August 5 at the age of 88. #Toni_Morrison was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Coca-Cola has launched a campaign promoting gay acceptance, which has prompted a political backlash in #Hungary. The writing on the billboard reads: "Zero sugar, zero prejudice."
Do you support such a notion?
