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Samy Magdy - Associated Press
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Aid group says Mideast lockdowns hinder humanitarian efforts
Samy Magdy - Associated PressJoseph Krauss - Associated Press
In Syria, an open-ended nightly curfew took effect Wednesday at 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT). State TV showed police patrolling the empty streets of Damascus and other main cities.
A man screams beside a bus carrying Coptic Christians which came under attack outside Cairo, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Islamic militants on Friday ambushed a bus carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least seven and wounding a dozen more, the Interior Ministry said.(Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church via AP)
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IS attack on Christian pilgrims in Egypt kills 7
Samy Magdy - Associated PressHamza Hendawi - Associated Press
The local Islamic State affiliate, which spearheads militants fighting security forces in the Sinai Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the attack. Though its claim could be immediately verified, IS has repeatedly stated its intention to target Egypt's Christians as punishment for their support of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.
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Rescue group: Libya left migrants to die in Mediterranean
Samy Magdy - Associated PressAritz Parra - Associated Press
A migrant aid group has accused Libya's coast guard of abandoning three people in the Mediterranean Sea, including a woman and a toddler who died, after intercepting 160 Europe-bound migrants near the shores of the North African nation.