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‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
ByMelvyn Ingleby November 13, 2025

The Damascus suburb became Assad’s killing field. But some of the perpetrators are still around – and even working with the new governmentAbu Mohammed still remembers the smell. It usually came at dawn, as the mosques sounded the first call to prayer. …

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Israeli president condemns ‘serious’ attack by settlers on West Bank villages
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut November 12, 2025

Isaac Herzog makes rare statement on often-ignored violence as settlers injure Palestinians and attack soldiersDozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, injuring four Palestinians and attackin…

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French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned and to be released from prison
ByPhilip Oltermann European culture editor November 12, 2025

Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatmentThe French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been pardoned and is to be released from prison, the Algerian presidential office said in a …

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Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies November 12, 2025

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned r…

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Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies November 12, 2025

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned r…

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Trump writes to Israeli president calling for Netanyahu pardon
ByJason Burke November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Isaac Herzog can pardon convicted criminals in some circumstances, but cases against Israeli PM are ongoingDonald Trump has repeated a request to Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, for a pardon for Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three separate c…

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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor November 12, 2025

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…

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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor November 12, 2025November 13, 2025

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming su…

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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
ByTom Levitt and Guardian reporters November 12, 2025

Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s ruleIn the city of Tabuk in the far north of Saudi Arabia, neon lights flicker on in an overcrowded ward of a prison…

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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
ByTom Levitt and Guardian reporters November 12, 2025

Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s ruleIn the city of Tabuk in the far north of Saudi Arabia, neon lights flicker on in an overcrowded ward of a prison…

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