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World / Middle East

Blinken begins Middle East trip amid spate of violence 29 Jan 2023 - 04:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the State Department in Washington, US, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting 29 Jan 2023 - 12:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. File Photo: AFP
Woman accused of murdering Saudi national in US arrested: Embassy  28 Jan 2023 - 02:24 pm
File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
BBC Arabic Radio goes off air after 85 years 28 Jan 2023 - 10:23 am
Peninsula
Watchdog blames Syria for 2018 chemical attack 28 Jan 2023 - 12:32 am
A child waves as a US convoy patrols the area near the town of Tal Hamis, southeast of the city of Qameshli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Delil Souleiman / AFP)
UN warns of record rates of hunger in Syria 27 Jan 2023 - 10:23 pm
File Photo: A child pushes a cart selling cooked sweetcorn in Douma, outside Damascus, Syria, September 17, 2018. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Lebanon lawmaker sit-in enters second week 27 Jan 2023 - 07:52 pm
Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (left) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut, in this handout photo provided by the Lebanese Parliament on January 19, 2023. (AFP)
Iran: One person dies in attack on Azerbaijan's embassy 27 Jan 2023 - 01:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. Photo by AFP
Nine killed in Israeli raid in West Bank 27 Jan 2023 - 08:30 am
Palestinian women mourn at the funeral of one of the victims killed during an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, yesterday. (AFP)
Lebanon central bank says freezes accounts of US-sanctioned individuals 26 Jan 2023 - 08:47 pm
A view shows a logo of Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled's company CTEX on the exterior of the company, in Beirut, Lebanon January 26, 2023. (REUTERS/Aziz Taher)
Saudi Arabia amends nationality law; prime minister to grant citizenship 26 Jan 2023 - 07:47 pm
A view shows vehicles driving on a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 16, 2021. File Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
Egypt unveils ancient 'secret keeper' tomb, golden mummy 26 Jan 2023 - 05:46 pm
Workers stand behind a collection of pharaoh statues during a press conference at the Saqqara archaeological site, where a gold-laced mummy and four tombs including of an ancient king's
Iraq to hang 14 people for IS massacre of cadets 26 Jan 2023 - 05:15 pm
Rusafa Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, above, is hearing most of the cases against foreigners. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Beirut blast victims' relatives rally for embattled probe judge 26 Jan 2023 - 12:58 pm
Families of the victims of the 2020 port blast take part in a protest against Lebanon's top public prosecutor who charged the judge investigating the blast and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Iran slaps new sanctions on EU and UK in tit-for-tat move 25 Jan 2023 - 10:03 pm
An Iranian man walks past an anti-U.S. mural on the wall of former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on January 25, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
US to pay Lebanon army, police salaries for six months 25 Jan 2023 - 06:58 pm
Lebanon's Army chief General Joseph Aoun, speaks during a news conference to launch a Livelihood Support Program for the Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces (ISF) hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the US Embassy in Beirut, at the UN headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon on January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $1.6bn 24 Jan 2023 - 08:17 pm
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini arrives to a press conference in Geneva on January 24, 2023.  (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
US sanctions Lebanon money exchanger for alleged ties to Hezbollah 24 Jan 2023 - 07:38 pm
The Treasury Department is pictured in Washington, US, on April 25, 2021. File photo / Reuters