About 40,000 individuals, primarily the wives, female relatives and children of male Islamic State suspects, are held in the al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. According to camp authorities, these Islamic State relatives have been celebrating the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Hamas, Israel complete sixth hostage-prisoner swap under Gaza truce
Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian inmates freed by Israel, completing the latest swap despite fears the Gaza truce deal was near collapse.
An AFP journalist saw masked Hamas…
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Hamas transfers Israeli hostages to Red Cross in latest Gaza swap
Gaza militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday in an exchange that is also set to see the release of 369 Palestinians from Israeli custody, the latest such swap under an ongoing truce deal.
An AFP journalist saw…
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Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners set for release after truce crisis
Gaza militants are due to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody, the sixth swap of a truce that came close to collapse this week.
Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the…
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Hamas releases hostages, Palestinian prisoners freed in latest Gaza swap
Palestinian militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday, while buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners rolled out of two Israeli jails in the latest exchange under an ongoing Gaza truce deal.
An AFP journalist saw…
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Hamas, Israel complete sixth hostage-prisoner swap of Gaza truce
Palestinian militants released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian inmates freed by Israel, completing the latest swap despite fears the Gaza truce deal was near collapse.
An AFP journalist saw masked Hamas…
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Iranian police crack down on student protests in Tehran
Iranian police “besieged” a University of Tehran dormitory after students began protesting for increased safety on campus following the murder of a student during a robbery, Iran International reported on Friday.
Undergraduate student Amir…
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The lives of 4 kids surviving in Gaza
Jamie RobertsCo-director, Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone
BBCZakaria lives on his own at al-Aqsa hospital where he helps paramedics bring in casualties Zakaria is 11 years old and lives in Gaza. He reckons he has seen thousands of bodies since the…
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Iran receives missile fuel precursor from China
Iran received the first of two Chinese shipments of a rocket fuel precursor chemical on Thursday, CNN reported.
The Iranian registered ship, Golbon, arrived in Bandar Abbas on Thursday, according to publically available shipping records.
The…
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Intelligence agencies close in on Islamic State caliph
WASHINGTON —A growing number of countries think they have unmasked the man running the Islamic State terror group’s global operations.
A report issued this week by the United Nations Sanctions Monitoring Team, based on U.N. member state…
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