Within the space of a week, an Egyptian court has sentenced six social media influencers to several years in prison, and imposed heavy fines on each
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During an Iranian parliamentary session on 5 July 2020, the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, confirmed ongoing negotiations about
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Travellers entering Jordan must now wear an electronic bracelets to guarantee that they observe home quarantine against the spread of coronavirus. T
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The Jordanian Ministry of Health has banned all forms of smoking in closed public places as of 1 July, driven in no small part to the coronavirus pan
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More than 190,000 work permits have been issued to Syrian refugees in Jordan, said Jordan’s Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ay
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On 1 July 2020, Egypt announced the resumption of international tourism in three coastal governorates – Marsa Matrouh, South Sinai and Red Sea. This
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On 30 June 2020, the UN raised a total of $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria at the virtual UN donor conference on Syria in Brussels, Belgiu
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Morocco has signed a deal for 24 Boeing AH-64 Apache Helicopters. Morocco has ordered the 24 attack helicopters from Boeing in a deal worth $44
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Egypt has reportedly signed an agreement for the production of 500 Russian T-90MS tanks in the country. On 27 June 20, Russian media outlets cit
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On 24 June 2020, Egyptian security forces raided the offices of the online al-Manassa news agency and arrested its editor-in-chief, Noura Younis, re
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