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Hamas-Israel complete fourth hostage-prisoner swap

Freed Palestinian inmates were greeted by a cheering crowd in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, after Hamas released three Israeli hostages from the Gaza Strip in the fourth exchange under the group’s ceasefire deal with Israel...

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Egyptians protest at Gaza border against displacement

Hundreds of people attended a protest near Egypt’s border with Gaza on Friday against a plan floated by US president Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan, Egyptian media reported.

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Sharaa named Syria’s interim president

Syria’s new authorities announced Wednesday that Ahmed al-Sharaa, who took the helm after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster last month, has been appointed interim president and tasked with forming a transitional legislature, state media reported.

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Syria’s rulers urge Russia to fix past mistakes

Syria’s new leadership on Wednesday urged Moscow to ‘address past mistakes’ during talks with visiting Russian officials — the first since former president Bashar al-Assad, a Kremlin ally, was toppled last month...

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Palestinians return to north Gaza

Masses of displaced Palestinians began streaming towards the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel and Hamas said they had reached a deal for the release of another six hostages...

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35 people summarily executed in 3 days: Syria

Fighters affiliated with Syria’s new Islamist leaders have carried out 35 summary executions over 72 hours, mostly of Assad-era officers, a war monitor said on Sunday.