For me this is the correct way, This just worked:
$linker = rawurldecode("$link");
<a href="<?php echo $link;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $linker ;?></a>
This worked, and now links are displayed properly:
http://newspaper.annahar.com/article/121638-????--????-???-??-??????-?????-????-??????-??????-????-??????-?????-????????
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