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Syrian news group consolidates opposition coverage

How fake news helps AKP propaganda

Fars News objects to Arab media coverage of Iraq

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday urging them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country. Picture taken June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3VIB1

UAE Arrests Activist For 'False News' Tweets

An illustration picture shows the log-on icon for the Website Twitter on an Ipad in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - RTR3D6NN

United Arab Emirates

Is Turkey being snowed by flurry of fake defense news?

Fact-checkers face obstacles to bring news to Gazans during wartime

A Palestinian reads the "Filastin" (Palestine) daily newspaper while sitting along a street in Gaza City on Jan. 28, 2020.

Egypt forms battle plan against fake news

A man reads a newspaper at a bus stop in front of electoral posters in Alexandria, Egypt, October 18, 2015. Egyptians turned out in low numbers on Sunday to vote in the first phase of an election hailed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a milestone on the road to democracy but shunned by critics who say the new chamber will rubber stamp his decisions. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih - GF10000249681

Why Egypt banned news about terrorist bombings in Sinai

Iran ministry accused of targeting conservative news sites