Fri 20 December 2024: The 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia will not allow football fans to buy or consume alcohol while attending matches, senior FIFA officials have revealed. Last week, FIFA awarded Saudi Arabia the hosting rights for the 2034 World Cup, marking the second year in which a Middle Eastern country hosts the world’s largest […]
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Fri 20 December 2024: The BBC has uncovered evidence suggesting that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has restricted the reach of Palestinian news outlets since October 2023. An analysis of Facebook data revealed a significant decline in audience engagement for newsrooms based in Gaza and the occupied West Bank since October 2023. Leaked documents […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin today denied that Russia’s nine-year intervention in Syria had been a failure, but expressed concern about Israel’s military operations there since the toppling of his ally Bashar Al-Assad, Reuters reports. Putin, addressing multiple questions on Syria at a marathon annual news conference, said Moscow had made proposals to the new rulers […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: The trade of the illegal drug has flourished over the past decade in Syria. What happens to it now? Following its ousting of the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria last week, the opposition alliance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) invited international reporters to witness vast stockpiles and clandestine factories of the […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: Tehran, Iran – Tens of millions of people across Iran are facing major disruptions as authorities shut down services in the face of an exacerbating energy and currency crisis amid historic regional tensions. This week, government offices, schools, banks and businesses in major provinces and in the capital Tehran have been largely […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: The Palestinian Authority ministry of education has said that the ongoing Israeli offensive in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza Strip has killed 12,800 Palestinians students since October 2023. With 600 teachers and administrators killed and 3,800 wounded, the casualty figures, said the ministry, are “horrifying”. In a statement on […]
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Thu 19 December 2024: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that residents of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries can perform the lesser pilgrimage, Umrah, at any time of the year. Al Arabiya reports that several options are available for organising Umrah. Pilgrims can purchase packages through the official Nusuk platform, the kingdom’s digital […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad allegedly provided the coordinates of the country’s military targets to Israel before his departure to ensure his own safety, Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper, reported. According to the commentator, “a reliable source” informed him that Assad had allegedly given a list “indicating the location of weapons depots, missile […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Yesterday morning thousands of Syrians took to the streets of Damascus and across Syria to celebrate living in a country free of the authoritarian regime of Bashar Al-Assad as the rebels had announced the overthrow of his regime of 24 years. Opposition fighters entered the capital Damascus around 5am local time […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Pope Francis has said that he escaped two attempts on his life during his historic visit to Iraq in 2021. He made this claim in his upcoming autobiography, which will be released next month. On Tuesday (Dec 17), Italian media published an excerpt from the autobiography titled “Hope” which talked about […]
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