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Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
ByEuan Ward July 9, 2025

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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Wildfires Scar Syria Anew
ByEuan Ward July 9, 2025July 9, 2025

The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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Palestinian who worked for EU in Gaza accuses Brussels of ‘abandoning’ him after office closed
ByLisa O'Carroll in Brussels July 9, 2025

Exclusive: Mohammed Baraka asks von der Leyen for help, saying he is stranded in Cairo without residency rightsA Palestinian man who worked for the EU in Gaza has appealed to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, after the closure of…

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Palestinian who worked for EU in Gaza accuses Brussels of ‘abandoning’ him after office closed
ByLisa O'Carroll in Brussels July 9, 2025

Exclusive: Mohammed Baraka asks von der Leyen for help, saying he is stranded in Cairo without residency rightsA Palestinian man who worked for the EU in Gaza has appealed to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, after the closure of…

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Macron and Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Rare Call
ByCatherine Porter and Anton Troianovski July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

It was the two leaders’ first call since 2022, and the Russian president’s first with any major European leader since last year.

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Macron and Putin Discuss Iran and Ukraine in Rare Call
ByCatherine Porter and Anton Troianovski July 1, 2025

It was the two leaders’ first call since 2022, and the Russian president’s first with any major European leader since last year.

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EU must have a stronger response over Gaza, says bloc’s former chief diplomat
ByLisa O'Carroll June 28, 2025

Josep Borrell says Europe has a duty to intervene and ‘can no longer afford to linger at the margins’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe EU must come up with a more assertive response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the violations of inter…

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters
ByGuardian staff June 26, 2025

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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Europe’s leaders have let us down on the Middle East | Letters
ByGuardian staff June 26, 2025

Readers decry the timidity of European governments and their failure to criticise Israel’s and Donald Trump’s attacks on IranThank you, Nesrine Malik, for articulating so lucidly the righteous anger that so many of us feel for the way in which mos…

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World Leaders Cautiously Welcome Israel-Iran Cease-Fire
ByMatthew Mpoke Bigg June 24, 2025

In the shaky first hours of the truce, officials were largely positive about the agreement to end the fighting but expressed concern that it remained fragile.

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