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President Ahmad Al Shara has issued a decree affirming the rights of Kurdish ⁠Syrians. AFP

Syria's Kurds granted rights in move that echoes Iraq

Recognition of Kurdish rights, language and culture now seen in Syria

El Sisi welcomes Trump's offer to mediate in water dispute with Ethiopia

The decree also declares Nowruz, the spring ⁠and new ‌year festival, a paid national holiday, in Syria

Syria recognises Kurdish citizenship, language and festival in historic move

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US President Donald Trump willl continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground in Iran, the White House says. EPA

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019. Moscow has offered to mediate with Tehran. EPA

Putin offers to mediate between Israel and Iran as tensions simmer

US also pushes for diplomacy amid Iranian unrest as Washington claims regime has halted 800 protest executions

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Protestors in Malaga, southern Spain, take part in a demonstration against the US operation in Venezuela. AFP

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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile is in operation but is dogged by controversy over downstream water supplies. Reuters

El Sisi welcomes Trump's offer to mediate in water dispute with Ethiopia

This would be the second US attempt to settle the water dispute between the two Nile-basin nations

Gaza's interim government holds first meeting in Egypt after one-day delay

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets envoys including Yazid bin Farhan of Saudi Arabia, fourth from left, and French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda on Wednesday. AFP

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President Ahmad Al Shara has issued a decree affirming the rights of Kurdish ⁠Syrians. AFP

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