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Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake passes 50,000
Feb 25, 2023 06:29Turkey has launched its homes rebuilding drive for its 1.5 million citizens that are left homeless in the aftermath of the devastating tremors that jolted both Turkey and Syria earlier this month, leaving behind a death toll of more than 50,000.
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Israel endorses plan to build 4,000 new settler units in West Bank, al-Quds
Feb 25, 2023 06:26Israeli authorities have approved plans for the construction of thousands of new settler units in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, defying international outcry over illegal settlement expansion and land grab activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Socio-economic crisis in Lebanon worsens
Feb 25, 2023 05:54At one of Lebanon’s local supermarkets, only a few items cost a bundle of Lebanese pounds. The country’s cost-of-living crisis is taking a heavy toll on people, as 80 thousand Lira equal only 1 dollar.
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Yemenis stage rallies in support of Palestinians
Feb 25, 2023 04:58Yemenis have flooded the streets of the capital city of Sana’a, calling for the removal of a siege on the country by the Saudi-led coalition and expressing support for the Palestinian nation.
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Bahrain: Regime forces arrest 2 children as rights violations, crackdown intensify
Feb 24, 2023 11:28Aal-e Khalifa regime forces in Bahrain have once again resumed their crackdown on peaceful protesters, with the latest of assaults against two children from the Diraz village.
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Yemen demands UN action as UAE, Israel evict locals from strategic island southwest of Socotra
Feb 24, 2023 10:22Yemen has called on the United Nations and relevant international bodies to adopt proper measures against expulsion of Yemeni families by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from a strategic island southwest of Socotra, as part of plans to build a military base there under the supervision of Israeli military experts.
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Thousands rally across West Bank, Gaza to slam Israeli carnage in Nablus
Feb 24, 2023 05:40Thousands of people have poured onto the streets across the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip to condemn the brutal Israeli military raid on the northern West Bank city of Nablus, where at least 11 Palestinians were martyred and scores of others wounded.
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Weeks after quake, EU says temporarily lifting sanctions on Syria
Feb 24, 2023 05:31Two weeks after the devastating earthquake in Syria that had already been contending with harsh US and European sanctions, the EU has decided to temporarily ease the sanctions in order to supposedly speed up aid delivery.
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Top Saudi court hands down death sentence to Shia activist from Qatif
Feb 24, 2023 05:25Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court has sentenced an anti-regime activist from the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province to death, as the House of Saud is pressing ahead with a heavy-handed crackdown against members of the religious community.
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Court convicts UK firm over cataclysmic 2020 blast in Beirut
Feb 24, 2023 05:16The UK High Court has ruled a London-based company that delivered the explosive ammonium nitrate to Beirut’s port is liable towards the victims of a devastating blast in 2020.