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Moroccan ecstasy at World Cup as win shared by Africa and Arab world

RABAT/DOHA (Reuters) — Moroccan soccer fans exploded in joy on Saturday as their team became the first from any African country to reach a World Cup semi-final, filling the stadium in Qatar with a deafening roar and unleashing cheering, crying, dancing and singing on the streets at home. The 1-0 ...

Trump receives Morocco’s highest award for Middle East work

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official told Reuters. In a private Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who ...

Israeli parliament approves deal establishing ties with Bahrain

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament on Tuesday approved a U.S.-brokered deal establishing formal relations with Bahrain, by a vote of 62 lawmakers in favor and 14 opposed. The Middle East countries signed a joint communique on Oct. 18 to formalize their nascent ties. Bahrain is ...

Palestinians arrest supporters of Abbas rival based in UAE

RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian security forces arrested over half a dozen supporters of an exiled Palestinian politician who some have accused of involvement in the United Arab Emirates deal to forge ties with Israel, a spokesman for his faction said. Mohammed Dahlan has ...

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