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February 23, 2020

UN suggests Turkey border crossing to deliver aid to Syria’s northeast

The United Nations has suggested that the Tal Abyad border crossing between Syria and Turkey could be used to deliver aid to civilians in northeast Syria after Russia and...

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February 23, 2020

Turkey shuts Iran border, halts flights due to coronavirus

Turkey has closed its border with Iran and halted incoming flights as a precaution to stop the potential spread of coronavirus after the neighbouring country reported 43 cases of...

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February 23, 2020

Pope disapproves of Trump’s Mideast ‘peace plan’

Pope Francis on Sunday warned against “inequitable solutions” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying they would only be a prelude to new crises, in an apparent reference to US President...

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February 23, 2020

Iraq extends ban on border crossings by Iranians

Iraq has extended an entry ban for any non-Iraqis coming from Iran, the prime minister said, as authorities in Tehran announced 15 more cases of coronavirus and a death...

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February 23, 2020

Iran: 43 infected with coronavirus; patient zero identified

Iran has confirmed 15 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking the total to 43 with a death toll of eight, reports Reuters. Most of the infections have been...

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February 23, 2020

9 dead in Turkey after quake hits rural Iran border region

Nine people died and hundreds of buildings collapsed in southeastern Turkey on Sunday after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, injuring dozens in villages and towns...

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February 23, 2020

Israel may quarantine 200 South Korean tourists in army base

Israel may quarantine some 200 visitors from South Korea at a military base in a Jewish settlement on the occupied West Bank over coronavirus fears, Israel’s Ynet news site...

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February 23, 2020

Saudi-led coalition says it foiled Red Sea attack by Yemen’s Houthis

Naval forces from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday foiled an “imminent terrorist” attack by the Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea, a major commercial shipping...

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February 23, 2020

Syria announces Damascus-Aleppo highway open to traffic

Syria’s transport ministry declared the main highway between Damascus and Aleppo open to the public on Saturday after troops recaptured the major artery in a Russian-backed offensive, according to...

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February 22, 2020

The next Palestinian Intifada will involve more support from Iran

There are early signs that another uprising, or Intifada, will erupt in occupied Palestine. A couple of weeks ago, a spokesperson of the Gaza-based Al-Quds Brigades, an armed wing...

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