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At least 208 people arrested in October: Syrian Network

Paris – The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed in a report released Wednesday, that it documented at least 208 cases of arbitrary arrest/detention in October 2022, including seven children and five women, noting that resuming the 2017’s voluntary repatriations programs by...

Lebanon-Israel deal a landmark but with limits, experts say

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. mediators tried for more than a decade to broker a maritime border agreement between Lebanon and Israel. Finally, the elements fell into place for a landmark deal between two countries officially — and sometimes actively — at war since 1948. Russia’s war in Ukraine...

Algeria readies for Arab League summit on divisive topics

CAIRO (AP) — Algeria is hosting the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference on Tuesday and Wednesday as the region battles to find common ground over a series of divisive issues. The 22-member Arab League last held its summit in 2019, before the outbreak of the coronavirus...

Cholera spreading ‘rapidly’ across Lebanon: WHO

A deadly cholera outbreak is spreading “rapidly” across Lebanon, exacerbated by a prolonged economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. Lebanon’s first cholera outbreak in decades began earlier this month after the virulent disease...