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In this picture taken on Sunday, February 19, 2017, Syrian refugee girls attend a basketball training session at a private sports club, southern Beirut (AP)

Lebanon Launches Campaign to Support Areas Affected by Refugee Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The Lebanese government is setting up an infrastructure plan, which targets areas that are most affected by the Syrian refugee crisis and provides care to the Lebanese population, which is incurring heavy burdens due to the large influx of refugees since the...

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FILE PHOTO – Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph, posted on a Taliban twitter feed on May 25, 2016. Social Media/File Photo

Taliban Encourages Afghans to Plant Trees

by Mahmoud Rahmani | Feb 27, 2017 | World

Kabul – In a rare public statement, Taliban called on Afghans to plant more trees for worldly and other-worldly good. Taliban usually sends messages on different occasions and on a range of issues such as civilian casualties, upcoming military operations, and the...

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Tunisia’s Finance Minister Lamia Zribi attends a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Slowdown of Reforms Deprive Tunisia IMF Second Tranche

by AlMunji alSaidani | Feb 27, 2017 | Business

Tunisia – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) postponed the payment of a second tranche of a loan scheduled in 2016 due to lack of progress in reforms, according to Finance Minister Lamia Zribi. She added that Tunisia is likely to sell stakes in three...

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Medics inspect the damage outside a field hospital after an airstrike in the rebel-held area, Reuters

The Search for Syria

by Ghassan Charbel | Feb 27, 2017 | Opinion

Left stranded in the smoke of war, Syrians embark on the ultimate quest of finding a way back to national peace. They have relentlessly hunted down solutions for the six-year civil war in faraway lands such as Kazakhstan’s capital Astana and Switzerland’s Geneva....

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A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of Tuesday’s bomb blast in the village of Sitra, south of Manama. AFP

Four Policemen Wounded in Terrorist Attack in Bahrain

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 27, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Four Bahraini policemen were wounded in a bomb attack on Sunday near the village of Jaw, south of the capital Manama. The planted bomb was targeting policemen who were heading to their jobs – four of them got injured and currently are in a stable...