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Algeria to inaugurate Bouteflika-era mega mosque

  • Known locally as the Djamaa El-Djazair, it is smaller only than the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah
  • To its critics, the mosque is a vanity project and a symbol of the megalomania of former autocrat Bouteflika
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Syria strike shows Russia not seeking ‘lasting peace’: Erdogan

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Egypt’s El-Sisi says freedom of expression stops at offending more than 1.5 billion people

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Iran reports COVID-19 death every three minutes, speaker tests positive

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Egypt’s Al-Azhar calls on international community to criminalize ‘anti-Muslim’ actions

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Second round of Lebanon-Israel sea border talks under way

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Women on 10 flights from Qatar invasively examined: Australia

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Lethal airstrike is Moscow’s ‘warning shot’ to Turkey

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Libya UN envoy expects election date to be set at coming talks

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New co-chairs of UK Parliament Palestine group urge settlement goods boycott

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IAEA chief: Iran building underground centrifuge plant at nuclear facility

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Algeria's president enters specialised treatment unit, his condition is stable - statement

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Turkey’s Erdogan sues Dutch right-wing politician over insults

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Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume

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Turkey-backed fighters retaliate against Syria-allied troops

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Iran says public too lax over COVID-19 rules

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Full steam ahead for Egypt-Sudan rail network

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Pandemic lockdowns fueling rise of sexual extortion crimes in Lebanon

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Iran reports COVID-19 death every five minutes, hospitals struggle

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People in Arab countries want US to relax travel restrictions: survey

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Arabs see Iran among top three threats to US interests: poll

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Palestinians push for international conference, US is open

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Biggest threat to the Middle East? Failed governments, says poll

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Survey: Robust Arab support for tough US line on Iran

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Arabs overwhelmingly hope Biden parts ways with Obama legacy: poll

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Iran reports COVID-19 death every three minutes, speaker tests positive

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