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Flotilla carrying Gaza wounded breaks ‘unbearable’ siege 0

Flotilla carrying Gaza wounded breaks ‘unbearable’ siege

Gaza, Palestine – A flotilla carrying at least 25 patients, students and activists have broken Israel’s imposed boundary off the coast of the Gaza Strip, the first time in more than a decade. The group set sail on Tuesday morning from the besieged Gaza Strip, hoping to break Israel’s debilitating siege on the enclave that…

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Females of Syria’s Eastern Ghouta tell of existence beneath siege

Under shelling and mounds of rubble, Um Diab moves between underground shelters, where thousands of Syrians live to escape the constant bombardment in Eastern Ghouta. Um Diab embodies one of the many roles that women have embraced during the war in Syria. As she walks through the shelters, she helps the wounded and the sick.…

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Taliban claims deadly Kabul hotel siege

Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded. Gunmen dressed in army uniform stormed the heavily-guarded hotel in the Bagh-e Bala area on Saturday evening, holding a siege that continued into Sunday. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said the attack was…