- The air strike on Baghouz comes as the offensive against the extremists by US-backed fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has intensified over the past few weeks
- Elections in Libya are meant to turn the page on years of chaos following the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi
- Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh told delegates at a conference in Cairo that it was a shared duty to preserve national identity
- More than 150 people — including ministers, scientists, intellectuals and professors — took part in the conference
- The migrants came mainly from west Africa
- The Italian navy said it had alerted Libyan authorities who coordinated rescue operations
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An abra is a small traditional wooden boat, almost like a raft, in the Gulf. It comes from the Arabic word “abara,” which means “to cross.” In Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority uses motorized abras to ferry people across Dubai Creek.
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Manbij lies near the junction of three separate blocks of territory that form spheres of Russian, Turkish and, for now, US influence.
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