Abbas

/ ˈæbəs /

noun

1. Ferhat. 1899–1985, Algerian nationalist leader: joined the National Liberation Front (1956); president of the provisional government of the Algerian republic (1958–61)

Example Sentences

With Hamas in control in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, ruling in part of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinians remained hopelessly divided, enabling Israel to argue that it had no unified leadership to negotiate peace with.

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The money comes from Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, whose nonstate is now recognized by France, the U.K.,

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a letter addressed to the United Nations on Saturday that the expiration of the 2015 deal renders the sanctions "null and void".

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Iranian top diplomat Abbas Araghchi said during an interview last week that Tehran does "not see any reason to negotiate" with the Europeans given they triggered the snapback mechanism.

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Panahi is only the second Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d’Or, the first being late director Abbas Kiarostami in 1997 for “Taste of Cherry.”

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