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  • April 15, 2023

    The limits of China’s global power

    China’s rise has been the talk of the global village, with its impressive economic performance, ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and frenzied diplomacy, ranging from the Ukraine conflict...

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  • April 15, 2023

    UN envoy welcomes Yemen prisoner exchange

    The United Nations (UN) Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg on Friday welcomed the start of the process of releasing around 900 detainees in connection with the conflict in Yemen,...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Sudan’s army declares paramilitary RSF ‘rebel’ group

    The Sudanese army declared the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) a rebel group amid fighting between their forces in the capital Khartoum. In a statement, the army accused the...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Syria regime bombed areas affected by earthquake 132 times

    The Syrian regime has bombed areas affected by the 6 February earthquake 132 times, including 29 attacks targeting areas far from the dividing lines, resulting in five civilian deaths...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Sudan: Fighting erupts in Khartoum between army and paramilitary force

    Clashes erupted in the Sudanese capital Khartoum today between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Anadolu News Agency reports. Gunfire and bombs were heard...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Fighting breaks out in Sudanese capital

    UPDATE: UN condemns killing of 3 World Food Programme staff in Sudan — UPDATE: Arab League set to hold emergency meeting on Sudan violence — UPDATE: Chad closes borders with Sudan amid...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Sudan parties meet with Dagalo to discuss Burhan meeting

    The heads of three Sudanese movements, the Sudan Liberation Movement, the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, along with Commander of the Rapid Support Forces...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Nasrallah: Saudi-Iran reconciliation ‘slows down’ normalisation with Israel

    Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah announced on Friday that the restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia “slows down” the pace of normalisation with Israel. “The agreement...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Qatar: Syria’s return to Arab League just ‘speculation’

    Talk of Syria’s return to the Arab League is just “speculation”, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani disclosed on Thursday. In a televised speech, Al-Thani shared that...

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  • April 15, 2023

    Libyan magrood

    Most Middle Eastern countries have some sort of date cookie on holidays such as Eid, Christmas and Easter. I am always so impressed by the many variations of dates...

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