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Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out more than three months ago, residents of southern Lebanon have been receiving strange phone calls from Lebanese numbers and from people speaking in Lebanese accents.

"Good morning, madame. This is the bank calling. Are you at home?" Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out more than three months ago, residents of southern Lebanon have been receiving strange phone calls from Lebanese numbers and from people speaking in Lebanese accents. The voices on the other end may claim to be conducting a survey, distributing aid, or calling from a public body. But the callers ask about families and their whereabouts, just before towns or homes come under Israeli at...

By Hayat Saad Amman, Sep 19 (EFE).- In Jordan, one of the world’s most water-scarce countries, a group made up almost entirely of women has been fighting back against desertification by planting one seedling at a time. “The community bet on our failure from the beginning, but now we are in our seventh year,” says …

Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday.

Opponents of populist Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own sit-in in Baghdad on Friday, nearly two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and

Supporters of Iraq’s Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gathered for Friday prayers ahead of a counter-rally by their opponents later in the day.The opposing

Supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr rallied at Friday prayers, as their opponents gathered for a rival demonstration in the politically-divided country.

Rival sit-ins deepen Iraq political deadlock

Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday two weeks after al-Sadr supporters stormed parliament and began an open-ended protest first inside, then outside…