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  Dozens injured in lockdown protests in Tripoli

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 10:46pm on January 27, 2021

  Overnight clashes in northern Lebanon between security forces and demonstrators angered by a coronavirus lockdown injured at least 45 people, the Lebanese Red Cross said...

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  Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education: UN

  Agence France-Presse . Amman | Updated at 09:53pm on January 25, 2021

  More than half of children in war-torn Syria are missing out on education, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Sunday, with a third of schools...

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  Israel opens embassy in UAE: foreign ministry

  Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 11:23am on January 25, 2021

  Israel opened an embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, its foreign ministry said, in a historic move four months after the Jewish state...

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  Oman bars expats from certain jobs

  Agence France-Presse. Muscat | Updated at 06:55pm on January 24, 2021

  Oman announced Sunday it will bar expatriates from certain jobs in an effort to create more employment opportunities for its citizens amid an economic downturn....

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  At least 11 Iraqi soldiers killed in IS-backed jihadist attack

  Agence France-Presse . Samarra | Updated at 11:02am on January 24, 2021

  At least 11 fighters from Iraq’s state-sponsored Hashed al-Shaabi force were killed in an ambush by the Islamic State group north of the capital on...

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  20 injured in Gaza explosion

  Agence France-Presse . Gaza City | Updated at 06:21pm on January 23, 2021

  More than 20 people were injured and several homes destroyed by a large explosion Saturday in a residential area of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian...

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  Iran calls on Biden to lift US sanctions unconditionally

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:39am on January 23, 2021

  Iran on Friday called on the new US administration to ‘unconditionally’ lift sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the Islamic republic to salvage the 2015...

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  Iran leader account posts warning to Trump

  Agence Presse-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 11:57pm on January 22, 2021

  Iran’s supreme leader’s office has posted a photomontage of former US president Donald Trump playing golf under the shadow of a warplane alongside a pledge...

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  Twin suicide blasts in Baghdad kill nearly 30

  Agence France-Presse. Baghdad | Updated at 05:26pm on January 21, 2021

  A rare twin suicide bombing killed nearly 30 in central Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi state media said, the deadliest attack in the city in three...

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  Dubai orders hospitals to cancel surgeries amid virus surge

  Associated Press/United News of Bangladesh. Dubai | Updated at 11:32am on January 21, 2021

  The government of Dubai on Wednesday ordered all hospitals to cancel nonessential surgeries for the next month as coronavirus infections surge to unprecedented heights in...