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March 25, 2020

Coronavirus: Syrians at risk due to Russia-backed regime’s destruction of health sector

In Syria, civilians are struggling to protect themselves against a potential outbreak of coronavirus in northwestern Syria’s Idlib where regime attacks have decimated the health sector, the White Helmets...

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March 25, 2020

2,721 students from 8 countries brought back, Turkey’s FM says

2,721 Turkish students from eight countries have been brought home on 11 flights, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu said Wednesday. “They have been placed in a 14-day quarantine in dorms...

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March 25, 2020

Lebanon parliament goes online as PM warns state struggling to contain coronavirus

Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri announced that parliament will start holding legislative meetings online in a statement on Wednesday. Local media Al-Joumhouria quoted Berri as saying that “the meetings will...

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March 25, 2020

Israeli calls for dialogue with Hamas are prompted by common interests

When Israel revealed that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and the chief of the Israel Defence Forces Southern Command, General Herzl Halevi, made a “secret” visit to Qatar recently, the...

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March 25, 2020

Domestic worker commits suicide in Lebanon after years of abuse

READ: Father of Filipina expat murdered in Kuwait by her employers rejects ‘blood money’...

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March 25, 2020

Trump displays confusion by claiming Erdogan signed deal with Syria Kurds

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to make a deal with Kurdish groups in Syria, in a confusing television exchange on...

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March 25, 2020

Saudi king to preside over virtual G20 coronavirus summit

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman will chair an extraordinary virtual summit of G20 leaders tomorrow in an effort to coordinate the global response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The Saudi...

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March 25, 2020

Pirates of the Mediterranean spirit away hand sanitiser components

READ: UN chief calls for immediate worldwide ceasefire to fight coronavirus...

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March 25, 2020

Turkey’s public prosecutor indicts 20 Saudis in Jamal Khashoggi murder

Istanbul’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has prepared an indictment against 20 Saudis in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate 17 months ago in Istanbul. The former...

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March 25, 2020

Lebanon: Banks donate $6m to government hospitals to fight coronavirus, despite insolvency

Chairman of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) Salim Sfeir announced plans to donate $6 million to government hospitals battling coronavirus, in a press conference yesterday. The money...

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