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Yemen’s Marib city battens down as Houthis advance through energy-rich province
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Yemen’s Marib city battens down as Houthis advance through energy-rich province

Furniture and belongings are seen on a truck heading to a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib, Yemen…
UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank
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UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The World Food Programme announced on Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting some 190,000 impoverished Palestinians…
Qatari envoy says Gaza airport was proposed, Israel unresponsive
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Qatari envoy says Gaza airport was proposed, Israel unresponsive

  GAZA (Reuters) – A Qatari envoy overseeing the Gulf state’s humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip said on Monday…
Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after botched Israeli operation
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Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after botched Israeli operation

  GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israel-Gaza border fell quiet on Monday after a botched Israeli undercover operation in the Gaza…
Three Gaza boys killed in Israeli strike on tinderbox border
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Three Gaza boys killed in Israeli strike on tinderbox border

  GAZA (Reuters) – Three Palestinian boys were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip frontier on…
Swim team braves pollution to dive into Gaza waters
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Swim team braves pollution to dive into Gaza waters

  On one of the world’s most polluted coastlines, 30 young Palestinians dive head first into the sea off the…
Plight of stranded Syrians worsens as food blocked
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Plight of stranded Syrians worsens as food blocked

  AMMAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrians stranded on Jordan’s border with Syria are running out of food as routes…
Israel reinforces troops outside Gaza as border protests enter seventh month
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Israel reinforces troops outside Gaza as border protests enter seventh month

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it was reinforcing troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday as a precaution against…
Palestinians bury 7 protesters killed by Israel in Gaza Strip
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Palestinians bury 7 protesters killed by Israel in Gaza Strip

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who…
World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in ‘free fall’
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World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in ‘free fall’

  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Gaza Strip’s economy is in “free fall,” a report from the World Bank warned Tuesday,…
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