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Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games

NPR Topics: News·@BrianMann·2 months ago
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Brian Mann A view of the arena in Verona, Italy, where the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics takes place on March 6. The Paralympic Games are being overshadowed by military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption MILAN — Airstrikes by Israel and the United States against Iran, and counter-strikes launched by Iran against neighboring countries, breached the symbolic Olympic truce, approved by the United Nations, which urged nations to suspend all military activity until March 15. Fighting continued Sunday as more than 660 elite athletes with disabilities from around the world, including Iran, Israel and the U.S. were gathering in Italy for the Winter Paralympic Games. The family of at least one athlete remains stuck in Doha, Qatar, after air traffic was disrupted by the conflict. "They got on their flight from Doha to Venice and the flight turned around," Michael Milton, a Paralympic Alpine skier from Canberra, Australia, told NPR.…

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