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Red Cross 'inundated' with trace requests for Middle East's displaced
The Red Cross is being inundated with requests from the families of refugees and migrants who have gone missing in the Middle East. ...
UN raises $7bn for Syria from donors
The United Nations won almost $7 bn in aid pledges for Syria on Thursday, overcoming fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and sidestepping divisions over how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reports. ...
Erdogan: Netanyahu is a ‘tyrant’ who kills children
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that his country would stand up for Al-Aqsa Mosque against any Israeli attack; describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “tyrant, who massacres children”, local media reported. ...
Turkey urges world to react against Israeli aggression
Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday called on the global community to stand against Israeli aggression in the sacred places of Islam, Anadolu Agency reports. ...
Algeria's president returns to face protesters after 'routine' medical checks
Algeria's ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has returned to the country on Sunday, where he faces widespread protests against his plans for a fifth term in power, after two weeks away for "routine" medical checks in Switzerland. ...
UNICEF: Syrian refugees find peace, security in Turkey
Syrian refugees have found peace and security in Turkey, a UNICEF official in Turkey told Anadolu Agency during his visit to this southeastern province, Anadolu Agency reports. ...
Car bomb blast kills 2 in Iraq’s Mosul
A car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday killed at least two people – a child and a member of the security forces – and wounded 10 others, a local medical official said, Reuters reports. ...
Anti-blockade protests continue on Gaza-Israel buffer zone
For the 50th week in a row, Palestinians on Friday converged along the Gaza-Israel buffer zone to take part in ongoing rallies against Israel’s occupation and 12-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. ...
Abbas to choose Fatah ally as PA prime minister
President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas is to choose an old friend and ally from within the Fatah party to become the new Palestinian prime minister. ...
UK takes part in military exercise in Egypt
The joint Egyptian-British military training exercise have started in Mohammed Naguib Military Base, located in Al-Hammam area, west of Egypt’s coastal town of Alexandria. ...
Israel cuts water supply to 2,600 Palestinians in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces and the Israeli Civil Administration cut the water supply to 2,600 of Palestinians living in communities in Bardala village in the Jordan Valley, northern occupied West Bank, yesterday. ...
Pompeo Arriving in Middle East Ahead of April 9 Vote
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Jerusalem next week, in preparations for the release of the Trump administration’s much-hyped Israel-PA “deal of the century” peace plan. ...
After negotiations, Syria intelligence release Homs children
Syrian intelligence authorities have released some 40 children who were arrested in the Homs governorate last week, after negotiations between parents and Al-Rastan’s reconciliation committee. ...
Palestinian prosthetics centre, providing limbs for those injured by Israel
Palestinian prosthetic technicians have been working hard to make limbs for Gazans who have lost theirs while taking part in the Great March of Return. ...
Hundreds of Daesh suspects released by Syria’s SDF
Some 283 prisoners suspected of being affiliated to Daesh have been released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over the weekend as a gesture of “cooperation, fraternity and clemency,” the group said in a statement. ...
Egypt conducts military exercise near Libya border
The Egyptian army on Tuesday conducted a major military exercise near the Libyan border, Anadolu reports. ...
US consulate general in Jerusalem merges with embassy
The US has closed its consulate general in Jerusalem, which covered Palestinian affairs, folding its operations into the new embassy to Israel in the city. ...
Palestinian president meets Iraqi premier in Baghdad
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abd Al-Mahdi on Sunday as part of his official visit to Iraq’s capital Baghdad, according to local media. ...
Egypt photojournalist freed after 5 years in prison
An Egyptian photojournalist, convicted of covering the Rabaa massacre in 2013, has been released after spending five years in prison. ...
10 Daesh members executed by rival militants in northwest Syria
Ten members of Daesh were summarily executed in Syria’s Idlib province on Saturday by Tahrir al-Sham, according to a report by Ebaa News Agency, cited by Reuters. Ebaa is a news outlet that supports the rival militant alliance. ...
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