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Syria
Landmine planted by YPG militia kills civilian in north Syria
A landmine explosion Friday killed a civilian in northern Syria. The landmine planted by the Kurdish YPG militia in a village in Ayn al-Arab district, detonated Nov. 13 when a farmer was reportedly working in the field, according to sources. Sheikh Nabi Hamo Bozi was critically injured by the explosion and died Friday....
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Business
Turkish lira slips as US moves closer to sanctions over S-400s
Turkey's lira slipped on Friday after US lawmakers included mandatory Turkish sanctions in a defence spending bill that moves Washington a step closer to punishing its NATO ally for buying Russian S-400 missile defences last year. The final version of the $740 billion annual US defence spending legislation would oblige the White House to...
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Opinion
Isn't it time to form new alliances across the Middle East?
Geo-strategists cite the Arab world as one of the main areas of instability in the world. Civil wars, divisions and societal problems abound across the region. Hatred is apparently never-ending between Arab countries, most of whom seem to lack any sort of confidence in each other. There are many reasons for this, including foreign...
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World
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a “stampede for vaccines” to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Friday. World Food Programme (WFP) chief David Beasley and World Health Organization (WHO) head...
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Tsunami
Who saves Syrian refugees in Lebanon as state pillars collapse
(Zaman Al Wasl)- The deteriorating economic conditions, spreading of Coronavirus and the political turbulence have all a severe impact on more than one million Syrian refugees who have already endured to sersie of human rights violations and discriminatory practices. Syrian refugees stand out as the weakest link, which will pay...
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Syrian Refugees
Lebanese crisis deepens Syrian refugee misery
Life in Lebanon has become so difficult for Syrian refugee Ahmad, he says he recently contemplated suicide. The 54-year-old father of three cleans shops at a mall in exchange for rent-free accommodation in a cramped room in the town of Daraya, southeast of Beirut. His daughters sometimes go into the street to sell tissues to help keep...
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War Criminals
Pro-Assad anchorman seeks asylum in France, leaves state TV
Zaman al Wasl’s investigative team, which looks into the Syrian war criminals in the ranks of refugees in the EU, received information indicating the arrival of Rami Nofal, an anchorman in the state TV. Nofal promoted the Assad regime and justified its crimes against Syrian civilians and contributed in distorting the truth since the...
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