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Attacks on Syrian health care facilities have spiked in recent weeks, the World Health Organization said Friday, mostly in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus.

Medical facilities supported by Doctors without Borders have received over 1,000 dead and 4,800 wounded in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta in just two weeks.

Five women talk to CNN about their experiences of sexual abuse and harassment while participating in the pilgrimage.

The Taliban banned women from being journalists in Afghanistan. Now the country has an all-female television network.

Over the last nine days, thousands of rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Israeli territory. And every day they’ve been met by missiles from Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.

Israeli strikes on Gaza continued for the 10th consecutive day Wednesday, as pressure builds for a ceasefire to halt the conflict.

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A senior Hamas leader and Israel’s Security Cabinet have confirmed that a mutual ceasefire deal has been agreed.

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire after one of the area’s worst rounds of violence since the 2014 Gaza War.