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UN restarts cross-border aid to Syria but shuts access point
Jul 12, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn country.Following a week of division and seven ballots, the council passed a proposal submitted by Germany and Belgiu ...
'Pro-Haftar forces will maintain blockade of Libya's oil production'
Jul 12, 2020
TRIPOLI — A blockade of Libya's oil production will continue, forces loyal to strongm ...
In crisis-hit Lebanon, will French-language schools survive?
Jul 12, 2020
 ZAHLE, Lebanon — Inside the French-language school she has run for years in eas ...
Ten million face acute food shortages in Yemen — UN
Jul 11, 2020
GENEVA — Nearly 10 million people are facing acute food shortages in Yemen and urgent action is needed to avert a famine, the UN's World Foo ...
New Tunisia protests over unemployment
Jul 11, 2020
TUNIS — Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated in the south of the country on Saturday against unemployment and the death of a young man they sa ...
Erdogan rebuffs criticism over Hagia Sophia conversion to mosque
Jul 11, 2020
ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday rejected worldwide condemnation over Turkey's decision to convert the Byzantine-era mo ...
We face famine or virus: Syria’s displaced alarmed at aid impasse
Jul 11, 2020
MAARET MISRIN, Syria — After surviving months of bombardment, Nasr Sultan now fears his 10 children may starve or catch coronavirus as a div ...
Russia, China veto UN extension of cross-border aid in Syria
Jul 08, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended authorisation f ...
Hizbollah-linked tycoon back in Lebanon after US release
Jul 08, 2020
BEIRUT — A Lebanese businessman jailed in the United States over allegations of funding Shiite movement Hizbollah arrived back in Beirut on ...
UN warns Yemen on brink of famine again
Jul 08, 2020
DUBAI — War-torn Yemen is once again on the brink of famine as donor funds that averted catastrophe just 18 months ago have dried up, the co ...
Yemen's starving children, grim legacy of six years of war
Jul 08, 2020
SANAA — Masirah Saqer could barely open her eyes, as she struggled to swallow the milk her grandmother attempted to feed her with a syringe. ...
Ethiopia PM says unrest will not derail filling of Nile Dam
Jul 08, 2020
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday that recent domestic unrest would not derail his plan to start filling a m ...
Dubai field hospital bids farewell to last virus patient
Jul 07, 2020
DUBAI — Dubai on Tuesday closed its only field hospital set up at a convention centre to treat coronavirus cases after the last patient, a J ...
Killing of Iraqi expert stirs fear of new violent phase
Jul 08, 2020
US killing of Iran's top general 'unlawful': UN expert
Jul 08, 2020
Libya's unity gov't says 'foreign air force' hit key base
Jul 05, 2020
Algeria buries remains of anti-French fighters, seeks Paris apology
Jul 05, 2020
Rockets target US interests despite arrests — Iraq military
Jul 05, 2020
Lebanon army scraps meat from meals as prices skyrocket
Jun 30, 2020
Lebanon summons US ambassador over Hizbollah remarks
Jun 28, 2020
UN says six migrants dead, dozens rescued off Libya coast
Jun 27, 2020
In first, Iraq detains pro-Iran fighters accused of anti-US rockets
Jun 27, 2020
Egypt executes Libyan militant for deadly police attack
Jun 27, 2020
Yemen weddings air on live TV to avoid shutdown
Jun 24, 2020
Louvre Abu Dhabi reopens after 100-day closure
Jun 24, 2020
Israel seeks Cypriot help on EU opposition to annexation
Jun 23, 2020
Five jailed after banned Algeria demonstration
Jun 23, 2020
Egypt to reopen cafes, places of worship, shisha ban stays
Jun 23, 2020
Taliban killed 291 Afghan security personnel in past week
Jun 23, 2020
Algeria says soldier killed in clash with armed group
Jun 21, 2020
Rockets hit near Baghdad airport — Iraqi military
Jun 16, 2020
Russia vows to stand firm by Iran on nuclear deal
Jun 16, 2020
UN nuclear watchdog chief asks Iran for access to disputed sites
Jun 15, 2020
Arms used against Saudi Arabia were of 'Iranian origin' — UN
Jun 13, 2020
UN chief wants 'more agile' mission in Lebanon
Jun 11, 2020

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