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Prominent activist arrested as hundreds protest in Tunisia

A prominent Tunisian activist was arrested on Saturday as hundreds protested in the capital against the curtailing of freedoms, an AFP journalist and lawyers said. The protest in Tunis came a day after a mass appeal trial saw some 40 public figures, mainly critics of President

Syria's Sharaa in Aleppo a year after fall of second city

President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Syria's northern city of Aleppo Saturday as the country marks a year since a lightning Islamist-led offensive that eventually toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December. The Islamist alliance, led by Sharaa, entered Aleppo on November