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Rockets hit near Baghdad airport, launcher with timer found

Rockets hit near Baghdad airport, launcher with timer found

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Three Katyusha rockets landed in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday but caused no damage…
Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza

Israeli billionaire hopes to bring water to parched Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Georgian-Israeli billionaire believes he has found a solution to the Gaza Strip’s chronic…
Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’

Palestinians fear outbreak in Jerusalem’s ‘no man’s land’

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength last month, community leaders in a Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts…
Syria: Major schism over control emerges within Assad family

Syria: Major schism over control emerges within Assad family

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf has publicly hit out at Assad’s seizure of his businesses, exposing a rift in the elite’s…
Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty

Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — When shops and homes shutter at curfew, some Iraqis in this Baghdad district say it reminds them…
Israel extends coronavirus cell phone surveillance by three weeks

Israel extends coronavirus cell phone surveillance by three weeks

TEL AVIV (Reuters) — A parliamentary panel on Tuesday authorized Israel’s Shin Bet security service to continue using mobile phone…
Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan

Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan

RABAT (Reuters) — The holy Muslim month of Ramadan is proving particularly lonely and challenging for 30 Moroccan doctors and…
Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5

Palestinians extend coronavirus state of emergency to June 5

RAMALLAH (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under…
Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave

Lebanon to extend virus shutdown, fears second wave

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon is set to extend its lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until…
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions

Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, lifting inter-city travel restrictions…
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