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Africa’s abandoned workers in Lebanon
African migrant workers in Lebanon are caught in a war.
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“Allah çocukları korusun”
“This is genocide, why is peace so difficult? #FREEPALESTINE”
“Çocuklar ölmesin…”
“Allah Gazze'de ki Müslüman kardeşlerimize İhlas melekleri ile yardımcı olsun inşallah”
African migrant workers in Lebanon are caught in a war.
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Iranian women held by US immigration not Qassem Soleimani's relatives: Report Two women reported to be relatives of assassinated Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani who were arrested in the United States are not, in fact, related to him, according to a news report. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarina were arrested in early April after their residency permits were rescinded. This came after far-right campaigner Laura Loomer pointed out their relationship to the late Quds Force leader on social media and claimed to have reported the women to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for “posting content sympathetic to the Iranian regime and Ayatollah”. However, according to Iranian birth records, identification papers, a family will and other personal documents seen by the US-based website Drop Site News, they are not related to Soleimani, even distantly. Read more: Iranian women held by US immigration not Qassem Soleimani's relatives