At least three Russian and several Turkish soldiers were wounded in Syria’s Idlib province when a joint military patrol was hit by an improvised explosive device, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The device exploded at 8:50 a.m. local time (05:50 GMT) when the convoy of soldiers patrolled the M4 …
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The eastern Libyan-based parliament passed a motion authorizing neighboring Egypt to directly intervene militarily in the country’s war if necessary to counter Turkey’s support for the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). The corps in Tobruk supports renegade commander Khalifa Haftar, who fought a 14-month, ultimately unsuccessful campaign to …
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The latest round of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the latter’s contentious dam on the Blue Nile has ended without an agreement, according to Egyptian and Sudanese officials. “All efforts made to reach a solution were without result,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Monday in an interview …
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GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. FILE PHOTO: The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, attends a press conference organized by the Geneva …
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GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – The new worldwide coronavirus pandemic will worsen if countries fail to comply with strict health precautions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday. A community health officer helps sanitation workers don personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Fourah Bay College Coronavirus Treatment Center in Freetown, …
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