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February 29, 2020

UAE cycle event cancelled as athletes test positive for coronavirus

The 2020 UAE Tour cycling race was abandoned midway on Friday after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus, Anadolu reports. The Abu Dhabi Sports Council issued a...

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February 28, 2020

UN urges more support for Turkey on Syrian refugees

The UN on Friday urged the international community to step up support for Turkey in managing and hosting Syrian refugees, Anadolu Agency reports. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the UN Refugee...

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February 28, 2020

Trump condemns deadly Idlib attack on Turkish troops

US President Donald Trump condemned a deadly Syrian regime attack in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province during a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the White House said...

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February 28, 2020

Turkish FM, European counterparts discuss Syria’s Idlib

Turkish foreign minister on Friday held phone conversations with top European diplomats in the wake of the escalation of tensions after a Syrian regime attack martyred 33 Turkish soldiers...

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February 28, 2020

Pakistan reopens Iran border amid coronavirus fears

Pakistan on Friday reopened its border with neighboring Iran, allowing hundreds of its stranded citizens to return to the country, officials and local media reported, Anadolu Agency reports. “We have reopened...

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February 28, 2020

Iran FM: US offer to help Iran in dealing with coronavirus ‘ridiculous’

America’s offer to help Iran in dealing with coronavirus is “ridiculous,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday, according to the Mehr news agency. US Secretary of State Mike...

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February 28, 2020

WHO raises global risk of coronavirus from ‘high’ to ‘very high’

The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday, with six countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization (WHO) raising its global...

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February 28, 2020

Lebanon is unprepared for a coronavirus outbreak

Lebanon is facing the imminent threat of economic default and ongoing anti-government protests which have failed to abate. These factors have allowed problems within the healthcare system to slip...

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February 28, 2020

Syrians race to escape war in Idlib

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February 28, 2020

Palestine as Metaphor

“It is particularly in Darwish’s poetical progression that Palestine endured and became metaphor.” This observation in the introduction to Palestine as Metaphor (Olive Branch Press, 2019) resonates throughout the...

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