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March 18, 2020

Iran: Coronavirus death toll climbs to 1,135

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus shot reached 1,135 today, local media reported. Authorities said 147 people died over the last 24 hours, while 1,192 new cases emerged, bringing the...

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March 18, 2020

Obi Mikel quits Turkey football club over coronavirus fears

Former Nigeria captain and ex-Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has parted away with his football club Trabzonspor by mutual consent, days after expressing his concerns about the Turkish Super...

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March 18, 2020

Hamas builds coronavirus isolation facilities in Gaza

Facilities for medical examinations and the possible isolation of those entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah and Erez Crossings are being constructed by the de facto government run...

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March 18, 2020

Riots erupt in Lebanon’s prisons in protest at overcrowding

Riots erupted in Lebanon’s notoriously overcrowded prisons on Monday, over fears that a coronavirus outbreak would spread quickly among prisoners. The government in Beirut has declared a state of...

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March 18, 2020

‘Rachel Corrie’s death should be incentive for global solidarity with Palestine’

The Head of the Popular Committee against the Israeli Siege on Gaza said on Tuesday that the 17th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death should be an incentive for global...

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March 18, 2020

US slaps sanctions on Syria defence minister for Idlib assault

The United States State Department yesterday slapped sanctions on Syria’s Defense Minister Imad Ali Abdullah Ayoub for his role in the violence and the disastrous humanitarian crisis in northern...

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March 18, 2020

Syria opposition blocks Turkey-Russia patrols on M4 highway

Syrian opposition forces blocked the key M4 highway in the north-western province of Idlib yesterday, in efforts to prevent a joint Turkish-Russian military patrol from being conducted. The strategic...

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March 18, 2020

Construction rate in Israel settlements up 25% since Trump took office in 2017

The average annual construction rate in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has risen 25 per cent since US President Donald Trump took office, according to new figures...

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March 18, 2020

Newly sworn-in Knesset paralysed by political fights, coronavirus

After being sworn-in Monday, the 23rd Knesset is currently “paralysed” and “unable to function”, reported Haaretz, thanks to “a combination of political wrangling and the coronavirus epidemic”. As a...

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March 18, 2020

Israel: Another Blue and White MK opposes minority government reliant on Joint List

Another Blue and White parliamentarian has reportedly expressed opposition to the formation of a minority government supported from the outside by the Arab-dominated Joint List. According to the Times...

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