By Manhal Baresh Published On 15 Aug 202615 Aug 2026 ListenListen (7 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Syrian soldiers walk along a street in the hills above the mountain resort of Aley, Lebanon, on February 25, 2005 [Hussein Malla/AP] In recent weeks, United […]
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Continue ReadingMorocco has added barbed wire and more police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for another mass crossing.
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