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3 stories from Middle East Affairs.
Nine killed by war-era ordnance in Syria in past week
The United Nations said nine people, six of them children, died from explosions of munitions left over from Syria's conflict in the past week, with the deadliest incident in Daraa province.
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UN: Israeli settler violence displaced 2,500 Palestinians in West Bank this year
Israeli settler violence has displaced more than 2,500 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank this year, the United Nations said, with half of those forced from their homes being children.
Israeli checkpoints and barriers fragment West Bank, Palestinian officials say
Movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank have reached their highest level in two decades, with hundreds of checkpoints, gates and barriers fragmenting Palestinian territory and damaging the economy.
