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May 8, 2020

855 medical staff killed in Syria since 2011, says watchdog

A total of 855 medical personnel have been killed since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, according to a rights group on Friday, Anadolu reports. A report released...

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May 8, 2020

Libya’s Sarraj: EU mission favors warlord Haftar

The head of Libya’s government said he believes that the European Union’s new military mission in the Mediterranean favors the rebel forces headed by warlord Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu reports....

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May 8, 2020

Pompeo to visit Israel next week

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Israel next week to meet with Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and parliamentary Speaker Benny Gantz, the State Department said Friday, Anadolu...

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May 8, 2020

Israeli minister: Israel to discuss with US reported Sinai peacekeeper cutback plan

Israel said on Friday it would discuss with its closest ally the United States a newspaper report that the US-led peacekeeping force in the Egyptian Sinai may be scaled...

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May 8, 2020

Coronavirus narrows options for migrants buffeted by Libya’s war

After several failed crossings from Libya to Italy and a long spell in detention, Nigerian migrant Olu had pinned his hopes on being evacuated from the besieged city of...

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May 8, 2020

Palestinians say they will defy Israeli order in prisoner payments dispute

Palestinian leaders on Friday vowed to defy a new Israeli military order which they fear could lead to the confiscation of money destined for prisoners, their relatives and the...

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May 8, 2020

Turkey charges seven people over Ghosn escape

Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment charging seven people, including four pilots, over former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape via Istanbul to Lebanon after fleeing Japan, a lawyer for...

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May 8, 2020

Iran allows prayer gatherings in areas seen as low coronavirus risk

Friday prayer gatherings resumed in up to 180 Iranian cities and towns are seen as only at low risk of coronavirus contagion after a two-month suspension, state media reported,...

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May 8, 2020

Kuwait imposes 20-day ‘total curfew’ from May 10 to curb coronavirus

Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to help to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the Information Ministry...

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May 8, 2020

Facebook appoints Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate to its Oversight Boards

Facebook has appointed Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Tawakkol Karman to its 20-member Oversight Board, an independent body that would monitor the social media platform for hate speech, harassment...

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