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Hezbollah sends aid convoys to quake-hit Syria, decries US-led sanctions
Feb 08, 2023 04:59The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has sent convoys of humanitarian aid to earthquake-affected areas in Syria in the wake of a devastating earthquake that struck the Arab country amid crippling Western sanctions.
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Erdogan declares emergency as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800
Feb 08, 2023 03:27Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 7,800 people and left a trail of destruction across a wide area of southern Turkey and neighboring Syria.
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll crosses 5,000 with rescue operations in full swing
Feb 07, 2023 11:07Rescue and relief operations are in full swing in Turkey and Syria with the death toll from Monday's devastating earthquake crossing the 5,000 mark in the two countries and raising the ominous specter of a humanitarian catastrophe in the region.
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Syrian Red Crescent calls on West to lift sanctions to support rescue efforts
Feb 07, 2023 11:39A Syrian official has called on the United States and the European Union to lift the siege and economic sanctions imposed on Syria that are severely hampering relief work in quake-stricken areas of the country.
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Israeli forces martyr Palestinian teenage boy during raid in occupied West Bank
Feb 07, 2023 11:24Israeli forces have shot and martyred a teenage Palestinian boy during a raid on the northern West Bank city of Nablus, a day after they murdered at least five Palestinian men at a refugee camp in the eastern part of the Occupied Territory.
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll crosses 4,800 with rescue operations in full swing
Feb 07, 2023 05:04Rescue and relief operations are in full swing in Turkey and Syria with the death toll from Monday's devastating earthquake crossing the 4,800 mark in the two countries and raising the ominous specter of a humanitarian catastrophe in the region.
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Arab League deplores Israel’s 'open war' on Palestinians following brutal camp raid
Feb 07, 2023 04:37The Arab League has condemned the Tel Aviv regime over waging “an open war” and perpetrating “organized crimes” against the Palestinian nation, especially after Israeli forces shot and martyred several Palestinian men during a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Ariha.
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Cancer-stricken inmate’s health deteriorating, Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says
Feb 07, 2023 04:26The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) says the health condition of the cancer-stricken prisoner Musa Sufan has been rapidly deteriorating due to negligence by Israeli authorities of his situation.
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Iraq commits to paying debt owed to Iranian companies
Feb 07, 2023 03:29A senior Iranian official says the Iraqi government has vowed it would soon settle debts owed to Iranian companies for various infrastructure projects executed in the Arab country in recent years.
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Russian FM: US playing with fire, encouraging separatism in Kurdish region in Syria
Feb 07, 2023 03:20Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States is “playing with fire” with its activities on the common border between Iraq and Syria, especially by backing separatist militants affiliated with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and encourage separatism.