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Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, today visited Christians in a church in Aleppo. FOOTAGE OF CARDINAL CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI'S VISIT TO A CHURCH IN ALEPPO, SYRIA.

The suspension of sanctions is mean to help Syria's post-Assad reconstruction.

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An Italian navy ship has arrived in Albania with 49 migrants intercepted in international waters for processing of their asylum applications at special Albanian centers

More than 300 homeless African immigrants are camping out in the Gaîté Lyrique, waiting for officials to rule on whether they are minors and eligible for benefits like housing.

The attempt at processing at special centres in Albania follows two previous failures in October and November.

Syria's new Islamist leaders are undertaking a radical overhaul of the country's broken economy, including plans to fire a third of all public sector workers and privatising state-run companies dominant during half a century of Assad family rule.

President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

Italian authorities on Thursday rejected the asylum requests of 43 asylum-seekers transferred to Albania in a speedy procedure that a non-governmental delegation observing the process said illegally deprived them of legal assistance.

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