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SYRIA - NOVEMBER 28: Rifaat al Assad back to Damascus after exile, Damascus, Syria On November 28, 1984 - Left to right: Hafaz el Assad, Abdel Halim Khaddam, and Rifaat al Assad. (Photo by Daniel SIMON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah believes the GMC appeal against him is a result of pressure from the UK government. Getty

UK medical regulator reopens Gaza surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah complaint

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Germany turns to Gulf energy as RWE signs provisional LNG deal with Adnoc

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The penthouse was sold by developer Fenton Whelan as part of the £530 million, 55-apartment Park Modern luxury development. Photo: Fenton Whelan

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