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A truck crosses Jaber border crossing with Syria, in Jordan, on April 2, 2015. (EPA/Jamal Nasrallah)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2015 | Business
Jaber Crossing, Jordan, AP—Jordan’s overland trade has largely been paralyzed by recent border attacks from insurgents in neighboring Syria and Iraq—a spillover of regional turmoil threatening a close Western ally that has thus far succeeded in fending off...
Media ID: 55343193
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Sangita, a shop-owner, sits on top of a damaged temple as she watches rescue workers operating, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 29, 2015. (EPA/Abir Abdullah)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2015 | World
Kathmandu, AP—Under a steady morning drizzle, hundreds of people lined up Thursday in Kathmandu hoping to board free government-provided buses to rural parts of the quake-hit country as food aid began to reach remote villages near the epicenter. Tens of thousands of...