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A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East

A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty

Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…
Libya’s battle for Tripoli — what you need to know
Middle East

Libya’s battle for Tripoli — what you need to know

The overthrow and killing of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 plunged Libya in a conflict between rival militias. What…
Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis
Egypt

Egypt’s Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty win Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Yemen crisis

A team of three Arab journalists — among them Egyptian reporter Maggie Michael and Egyptian photographer Nariman El-Mofty — won…
Trump’s Golan move causes concern in Lebanon for land owners
Middle East

Trump’s Golan move causes concern in Lebanon for land owners

CHEBAA, Lebanon (AP) — Akram Kanaan looked toward an Israeli military position on a snow-capped mountain that overlooks the village…
Maduro says deal reached with Red Cross to send Venezuela aid
World

Maduro says deal reached with Red Cross to send Venezuela aid

Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced an agreement Wednesday with the International Committee of the Red Cross to bring humanitarian…
Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit Yemeni capital as violence flares
Middle East

Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit Yemeni capital as violence flares

SANAA (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen carried out air strikes against two Houthi targets in the capital…
Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen
Middle East

Cholera is surging once again in war-ravaged Yemen

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Cholera is surging once again in Yemen, with the U.N. reporting that the number of suspected…
Despite talk of returns, Turkey quietly works to integrate Syrian refugees
Middle East

Despite talk of returns, Turkey quietly works to integrate Syrian refugees

GAZIANTEP, Turkey – When his rebel fighter son was killed and life in Syria became impossible for Jamal Sahlabji, he…
Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout
Middle East

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s warring parties exchanged heavy weapons fire overnight in Hodeidah, residents and military sources said, as the…
Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war
Middle East

Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war

HAJJAH PROVINCE, Yemen (Reuters) – As Yeman’s war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf’s father…
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