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A Syrian regime document appeared to show the war-ravaged country’s central bank increasing the official dollar exchange rate from 704 to 1,256 Syrian pounds.
Omar Al-Bashir and three other Sudanese wanted by the ICC over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur are currently held in prison.
The Caesar Act comes into force on Wednesday and may see the Assad regime come under further isolation and economic coercion.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad must come to a political compromise or face further sanctions, the US warned on Tuesday, suggesting the embattled leader would never secure a full victory.
Rumours on social media that the Lebanese pound had soared to as much as 7000 to the dollar worked to "sow confusion and panic" the public prosecutor said.
The openly gay frontman of Lebanese alternative band Mashrou Leila has voiced his support for Sarah Hegazi, the Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist who died by suicide last week.
The closure of family courts across the Middle East has placed women at risk, with their safety, basic rights and independence under renewed threat.
Saudi Arabia is expected to either largely scale back or cancel the annual pilgrimage as coronavirus cases spike worldwide.
The Lebanese army said it had arrested dozens of suspects for "vandalism", after days of protests triggered by a plunging local currency amid the worst economic crisis in decades.
A man in Lebanon's Jnah was tied to his bed and brutally stabbed to death by his recently divorced ex-wife, a recent report said.
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