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#Middle East

Paramedics near the Polish-Belarus border prepare to transport an elderly female member of a Kurdish family from Dohuk, Iraq to the town of Narewka, Poland, on November 9, 2021. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski / AFP
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All roads lead to Belarus on Iraq ‘package deals’

Iraqis willing and able to pay thousands of dollars for would-be "package deals" to the EU via Belarus have several itineraries to choose from. With many stuck at the Belarus-Poland border, AFP spoke to travel agents and migrants
ARCHIVE - 06.03.2020, Libya, Tripoli: A fighter of the internationally recognized government looks around a wall during the clashes with the troops of the Libyan National Army (LNA). Photo: Amru Salahuddien/XinHua/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
ARCHIVE - 06.03.2020, Libya, Tripoli: A ... […]

EU sanctions violators of UN Libya arms embargo

The EU has been making a lot of effort to help resolve the Libyan conflict and hence EU foreign ministers have agreed on sanctioning three companies who violated the UN embargo on arms flowing into Libya.
(L-R) Luigi Di Maio, Italian Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Dominic Raab, UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attend the four top EU foreign officials roundtable on Libya and Iran as tensions escalate on both those fronts. Photo: Christos Dogas/EU Council/dpa
(L-R) Luigi Di Maio, Italian Foreign Min... […]

Four EU foreign ministers in Brussels for Middle East crisis talks

Europe's top diplomats are meeting up to look for solutions regarding the current conflicts taking place in the Middle East, whether it was the situation in Libya or Iraq and Iran.
Migrants wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. At least 1,800 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard announced, adding that similar operations were underway around 15 other overloaded vessels. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Migrants wait to be rescued by members o... […]

EU plans to take 50,000 refugees from Africa, Mideast

The EU has unveiled plans to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to discourage migrant boats from making the risky Mediterranean crossing.