Turkey offers details of Islamic State chief's death
Turkey released new details Monday about its successful operation against the Islamic State's global chief, saying he died by setting off a suicide vest to avoid being detained....
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Syria agrees to curb drug trade at Arab ministers meeting
AMMAN — Syria has agreed to help end drug trafficking across its borders with Jordan and Iraq, according to a statement issued after a landmark meeting on Monday of Arab diplomats developing a...
1 May 2023
More than 800,000 may flee Sudan violence: UN
GENEVA — More than 800,000 people may flee Sudan as a result of fighting between military factions, including many who had already come there as refugees, a UN official said on Monday....
1 May 2023
Cab drivers plan protest on Tuesday in Beirut
BEIRUT — The Taxi Drivers' Gathering, a union group, said they planned to protest on Tuesday in Beirut against poor working conditions and competition from ride-sharing apps. "We announce the...
1 May 2023
Thousands of Sudanese make perilous trek to safety in Chad
On donkeys or horses, by cart or by foot, hundreds of Sudanese, most of them women and children, each day cross a small, dry stream to find safety in neighboring Chad. ...
1 May 2023
Time to prioritize social justice
May 1st is widely known as Labor Day, a day when we celebrate the contribution of workers worldwide. It is a moment for pride, celebration and hope. After three years of the COVID-19 crisis,...
Gilbert F. Houngbo, 1 May 2023
Sudan conflict driving health sector toward 'disaster': UN
Sudan's already troubled health sector faces the risk of "disaster" after more than two weeks of heavy fighting have rocked the poverty-stricken country, a UN World Health Organization official...
1 May 2023
Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt
CAIRO — An Al Jazeera correspondent has been released from about four years' pretrial detention in Egypt, his wife said in a tweet on Monday. Egypt's Press Syndicate head Khaled...
1 May 2023
Social affairs minister warns of 'big explosion' in tensions between Syrian refugees and Lebanese
BEIRUT — Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Hector Hajjar warned Sunday of "a big explosion between Lebanese and displaced Syrians in Lebanon" if authorities do not reduce "tensions" over the issue,...
1 May 2023
Cradle of Sudan's uprising becomes transit point for those fleeing war
ATBARA, Sudan — The Sudanese city of Atbara — birthplace of the uprising that led to the overthrow of strongman Omar al-Bashir in 2019 — has become a hub for those fleeing the conflict in...
1 May 2023
Syrian refugee found dead by apparent suicide after fearing deportation to Syria, relative says
BEIRUT — A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon was found dead by apparent suicide on Friday following threats of deportation to Syria, where he was wanted for mandatory military service, his relative...
Sally Abou AlJoud, 1 May 2023
Arab ministers discuss how to normalize ties with Syria
AMMAN — A group of Arab foreign ministers held a landmark meeting with their Syrian counterpart in Jordan on Monday to discuss how to normalize ties with Syria as part of a political settlement of...
1 May 2023
New Sudan clashes despite truce, UN warns country at 'breaking point'
Fierce fighting broke out again Monday between Sudan's army and paramilitaries despite the formal extension of a truce, after the United Nations warned the humanitarian situation reached "breaking...
1 May 2023
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager Monday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry announced, as the army said soldiers fired at "armed suspects."...
1 May 2023
Suspected Islamic State group chief killed in Syria: Erdogan
The suspected leader of the Islamic State group has been killed in Syria in an operation carried out by Turkey's MIT intelligence agency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday....
1 May 2023
French teen athlete ascends Lebanon’s most challenging rock climb
CHATINE, Lebanon — Home to Lebanon’s most challenging rock climbing route, Baatara Gorge — known to most Lebanese as Balou3 Bal3a, or بالوع بلعا — feels like another world. A river pours through...
