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Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive 29 Aug 2020 - 09:39 am
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra speaks to media as Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round continued at the UN Geneva Office after three days break as three members tested positive fo
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought 29 Aug 2020 - 09:34 am
United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrol near the village of Mais el Jabal, along the southern Lebanese border with Israel on August 26, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
Lebanon could 'lose control' of coronavirus outbreak - PM 26 Aug 2020 - 10:15 pm
A woman wearing a face mask walks past an
Turkey to allow limited fan attendance at football matches from October 25 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Deputy Prime Minister tours site of Beirut port explosion 25 Aug 2020 - 06:08 pm
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Gas pipeline blast near Damascus cuts power across Syria 24 Aug 2020 - 10:17 am
Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and al-Dhamir in the Damascus area. A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying.
Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet 23 Aug 2020 - 08:35 pm
This file image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on January 10, 2020 shows what Iran's civil aviation says is the black box of the Ukrainian airline flight that crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board. AFP PHOTO /
4 dead, 11 missing as flooding hits Turkey's Black Sea coast 23 Aug 2020 - 12:07 pm
A view of flood-hit area after heavy rain caused flood in Dereli district of Giresun, Turkey on August 23, 2020. Gültekin Yetgin - Anadolu
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo after blast: Report 23 Aug 2020 - 12:03 pm
A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Erdogan renews support for Palestinian cause 22 Aug 2020 - 04:01 pm
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq's Basra 22 Aug 2020 - 03:54 pm
Mourners sit next to the coffin of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, during her funeral in Basra, Iraq August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo
Three men killed in north Lebanon shooting, security sources say 22 Aug 2020 - 02:45 pm
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Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19 21 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past a fortified Blom Bank ATM machine, as Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2020. RE
Turkey in talks with Germany, China, Russia on vaccine trials 19 Aug 2020 - 09:46 pm
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Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus 19 Aug 2020 - 04:54 pm
A woman clad in mask due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks past a newspaper stall in Iran's capital Tehran on August 15, 2020.  AFP
Lebanon reimposes lockdown amid COVID-19 spike: ministry 18 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
A Lebanese flag is pictured, in the aftermath of a massive explosion, in Beirut's damaged port area, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Lebanon Tribunal judges convict lead defendant in 2005 Hariri bombing 18 Aug 2020 - 02:48 pm
AFP / Piroschka VAN DE WOUW
Post blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity 17 Aug 2020 - 11:31 pm
A room in the Saint George hospital in Beirut's neighbourhood of Ashrafieh remains empty of patients on August 13, 2020, more than a week after a massive blast in the nearby port heavily damaged the building./ AFP / PATRICK BAZ