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(USA/Global Economy) Four Ways Biden Can Boost the Global Economy (Project Syndicate)

Jayati Ghosh, Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates, is a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation. The US is nowhere...

(USA) After ‘1/6’ the myth of US democracy lies in tatters (Middle East Eye)

Hamid Dabashi Capitol riots should disabuse Americans of the fatal illusion that they are immune from their own violent manhandling of the world around them https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/beyond-911-world-after-16-highlights-myth-us-democracy

(Morocco/Israel) Morocco’s Islamist backing for Israel normalisation is a game changer (Middle East Eye)

Khalil al-Anani US-brokered deal raises new questions about the ruling Islamist party's credibility and commitment to the Palestinian cause https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/morocco-israel-normalisation-islamists-could-face-major-repercussions

(Saudi Arabia) Saudi court reduces sentence for US doctor ahead of Biden presidency (Middle East Eye)

Walid al-Fitaihi, who was sentenced to six years last month, will no longer serve time in prison due to time served https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-reduces-sentence-doctor-ahead-biden

(Israel) Israel’s Gideon Saar asks campaign staff to take polygraph test, following leaks (Middle East Eye)

Decision came after reports revealed he had hired founders of anti-Trump the Lincoln Project to aid his electoral campaign https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gideon-saar-lincoln-project-polygraph

(Turkey/Iran/Mohammad Mosaed) Turkey will not deport journalist Mohammad Mosaed to Iran, sources say (Middle East Eye)

Ragip Soylu Turkish security sources tell MEE the award-winning reporter contacted emergency services on Sunday after nearly freezing to death in Van https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-iran-journalist-mohammad-mosaed-not-deport  

(Lebanon) Covid-19: The two weeks that led to Lebanon’s virus disaster (Middle East Eye)

By Adam Chamseddine A series of decisions taken by the Lebanese government are being blamed for the soaring rate of infections https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-lebanon-disaster-government-two-weeks

(Qatar/Gulf States/Iran) Qatar minister calls on Gulf states to hold talks with Iran (Middle East Eye)

Shortly after Saudi Arabia and its allies lifted their blockade on Doha, Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani calls for dialogue with Tehran https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-iran-gulf-minister-call-talks

(USA/Bahrain/Israel) Trump awards Bahrain king legion of merit on last day in office (Middle East Eye)

King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa was given the US award after Bahrain normalised relations with Israel https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bahrain-trump-king-legion-merit-last-day-normalisation

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