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Lebanon: Hariri says does not want to form new gov't

BEIRUT, 27 Nov 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Tuesday he does not want to form a new government. "Not me, but someone else to form a government that meets the aspirations of young men and women and the distinctive presence of Lebanese women," Hariri said in a statement. Hariri asked President Michel Aoun to immediately call for parliamentary consultations to task a new prime minister with forming the cabinet. Lebanon has been rocked by mass protests since last month against plans for tax increases, which quickly turned into wider grievances. The unrest has forced Hariri to resign, with no progress toward reaching a deal on a new

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Iraq's Sadr closes Facebook account with 'goodbye' post

BAGHDAD, 15 Dec 2019 [Fik/News Sources]: Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr closed his Facebook account Friday, writing "goodbye" on a black background on the social media site. The move led to speculations that al-Sadr "withdrew from politics" in response to an agreement between political parties regarding the prime minister candidacy of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, supported by groups close to Iran. Al-Sadr also replaced his profile picture, an image of his father Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, also known as a Shia religious authority, with a picture of a black background with the world "closed" written on it. Earlier, al-Sadr said in two statements on Facebook that he is against the candidacy of al-Sudani, who is a former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Al-Sadr’s Twitter account remains

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Palestinians in ‘shock, disbelief’ at Trump plan: UNWRA

GENEVA, 01 Feb 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Palestinians seem to have reacted with “shock and disbelief” at the U.S.’ so-called peace plan for the Middle East, the acting head of UN agency for Palestine refugees said on Friday. Christian Saunders, the Acting Commissioner-General of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), was responding to questions at a UN press conference in Geneva on a $1.4 billion U.S. budget appeal for the agency which lost $360 million of U.S. funding in 2018. UNWRA is the UN agency mandated by the UN General Assembly to provide protection and assistance to some 5.6 million Palestine refugees in Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, he said. On the recently unveiled U.S. proposal on the Israel-Palestine dispute, Saunders said: “As the

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