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Blurring the border, Turkey deepens roots in northern Syria
AL-BAB, Syria (AP) — A newly paved road links the Turkish town of Cobanbey to its Syrian sister, al-Bab, across the border. In al-Bab, Turkish and Syrian flags line the streets, and signs on government…
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UN says over 25,000 people fled Yemen fighting at Hodeida
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. spokesman said Monday that tens of thousands of residents have fled the fighting along Yemen’s western coastline where Yemeni fighters backed by a Saudi-led coalition are engaged in fierce…
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Israel PM, Jordan king meet after months of strained ties
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Jordan’s King Abdullah II that he is committed to the status quo at holy sites in contested Jerusalem, trying to reassure the monarch in a…
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US serial sperm donor banned from donating in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Serial sperm donor Ari Nagel, an American who has fathered 33 children, with 10 more on the way, has been banned from donating his sperm in Israel, where he first fathered a…
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Airport authorities detain 2 rights advocates in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni rights advocates are reporting that two of the country’s most prominent activists have been detained and taken to an undisclosed location at an airport in western Yemen. The advocates, including…
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The United Nations says over 25,000 people have fled the fighting at Yemen’s port city of Hodeida
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The United Nations says over 25,000 people have fled the fighting at Yemen’s port city of Hodeida.
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Israel arrests former government minister for Iran spying
JERUSALEM (AP) — A former Israeli government minister, once imprisoned for trying to smuggle drugs, is back behind bars after being charged with spying for archenemy Iran, the country’s internal security agency said Monday. The…
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Libyan airstrikes target group attacking oil ports
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan forces carried out airstrikes against a militia attacking key oil ports in the east, a spokesman said as Libya’s national oil firm warned on Monday of further damage to oil infrastructure…
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Syria says US-led strike hits troops in east, US denies
BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi Shiite forces and Syria accused the United States on Monday of targeting their troops inside Syria with an airstrike, a charge the U.S. denied but that ratcheted up tensions in the…
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Israeli bill seeks to ban photographing soldiers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Cabinet ministers have proposed legislation that seeks to outlaw photographing Israeli soldiers “for the sake of shaming them,” a ban rights groups say would amount to government censorship. Facing criticism and…
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Abbas aide slams reported US plans to raise funds for Gaza
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian official has condemned reported U.S. plans to secure Gulf funding for major economic projects in blockaded, impoverished Gaza. Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,…
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UAE’s campaign for Yemen port city a test of ‘Little Sparta’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is a country better known for oil riches and skyscraper skylines, but right now it is prosecuting what could be a crucial offensive in the…
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Palestinian dies after being wounded near Gaza-Israel border
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man died in unclear circumstances near the Israel-Gaza border on Monday, hours after Israel and Hamas traded salvos over Palestinian incendiary kites. The Israeli military said in a statement that…
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Iran hangs Sufi over killing of 3 policemen
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has executed a member of a Sufi order who rammed a bus into police as they tried to disperse a rally, killing three of them. The official website of the…
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Jewish artifacts disappear from Damascus in fog of Syria war
Jewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world’s oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of ongoing civil war.
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