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US military has started carrying out retaliatory airstrikes against ISIS targets across Syria, per US officials. According to U.S. officials, the operation, named "Hawkeye Strike”.. Dozens of targets are being struck using F-15 fighter jets, A-10s, Apache attack helicopters and HIMARS rockets

After more than a decade of war, Syria’s tourism industry is taking its first steps toward recovery, with visas on arrival returning for the first time in years. The sector is still only trickling in, but signs of change are beginning to appear in local markets and hotels:

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Just had my X/Twitter account hacked and can’t get back in - taking it as sign that it’s time to leave & maybe try here again - my handle on Twitter is/was @sebusher so if anyone here wants to follow me again please do

James Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 spacecraft, where he famously warned, “Houston, we've had a problem,” and who was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the iconic movie, has died. He was 97.

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One of Lebanon’s most celebrated composers & musicians Ziad Rahbani - as well as the curator of the musical legacy of his legendary mother Fairouz - has died at the age of 69 - his music remains an essential part of the soundtrack of life in Lebanon ⁧‫#زياد_رحباني‬⁩

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BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say

An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.

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Another sad death. I loved Marcel Ophüls, the magnificent French documentary-maker, from the moment we first met during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. Brave, uncompromising and humane, he was working up to his death on a doc about the suffering in Gaza. Bless you, Marcel.

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Nine of Dr Alaa al-Najaar’s young children killed in Israeli strike in Khan Younis yesterday- one son survives, her husband wounded- unimaginable loss- IDF says “claim regarding harm to uninvolved civilians is under review”

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