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Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
Middle East
July 20, 2020
Families step in at Kabul COVID-19 ward to care for patients
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The intensive care unit at the Afghan capital’s premier hospital for COVID-19 patients is a medical…
Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight virus
World
May 15, 2020
Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight virus
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Years of conflict, instability and poverty have left Somalia ill-equipped to handle a health crisis like…
Group says 5 more years of war in Yemen will cost $29 billion in aid
Middle East
December 2, 2019
Group says 5 more years of war in Yemen will cost $29 billion in aid
CAIRO (AP) — Another five years of fighting in Yemen would cost as much as $29 billion just to sustain…
150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast
Middle East
July 26, 2019
150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast
CAIRO (AP) — Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned on Thursday after…
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East
April 22, 2019
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…
SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender
Middle East
February 19, 2019
SDF demands ISIS jihadists surrender
ISIS jihadists defending their last scrap of territory in Syria have no choice but to surrender, a Kurdish-led force said…
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF
Middle East
January 29, 2019
ISIS pinned in tiny eastern Syria enclave: SDF
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – ISIS fighters in eastern Syria are pinned down in a final tiny pocket with their wives…