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The day I felt the Earth shake
I recently experienced my first earthquake and quickly realised that our collective conscience also needs awakening.
Syria’s Idlib: Calls for the immediate release of British aid worker Tauqir ‘Tox’ Sharif
Calls for the immediate release of British aid worker Tauqir 'Tox' Sharif who has been “arrested” by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in northern Syria.
Libya: Sisi warns of military ‘intervention’ following Haftar’s battlefield losses
Egyptian coup president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi warns of military 'intervention' amid growing tensions over recent victories against renegade commander Haftar and Turkey's increasing involvement.
Erdogan: Islamic economic system can lead world out of crisis
Turkey’s Erdogan says Islamic tools offer a "key" to get out of global economic crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, vowing “to make Istanbul centre of Islamic finance and economy”.
Syria: Several cities move to adopt Turkish lira amid recent economic collapse
The Syrian interim government and local councils have announced the decision to switch to the Turkish Lira in response to the rapid freefall of the Syrian Pound as economic conditions worsen.
Libyans celebrate as remaining strongholds of Haftar’s forces recaptured
Key cities and towns recaptured in a series of recent military victories against Haftar's forces, placing it on its path to soon securing the entire country
Turkey sends ambulance plane for coronavirus patient in Sweden
Turkey has sent an ambulance plane to bring a COVID-19 patient home from Sweden for treatment. Emrullah Gulusken’s daughter says her father received no proper treatment in Sweden despite his worsening condition…