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World / Middle East

Israel on alert for fallout after US killing of Iran commander 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. AFP / Jalaa Marey
Trump rattles Mideast, US politics with risky iran strike 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm
Donald Trump
Iran names deputy Quds Force commander to replace Soleimani after killing 03 Jan 2020 - 02:31 pm
Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country's Quds Force, is seen in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained January 3, 2020. (Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS)
Iran warns of 'severe revenge' after US kills top general 03 Jan 2020 - 01:02 pm
 In this file photo taken on September 22, 2014, Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of Iran's war with Iraq (1980-88) in Tehran. (AFP / Behrouz MEHRI)
Iraq's top cleric tells all parties to practice restraint 03 Jan 2020 - 12:48 pm
An Iraqi supporter lifts a picture of Iraq's top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during a rally in front of the US embassy in Baghdad, on December 31, 2019. (AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
Biden and Sanders warn Soleimani killing could lead to Middle East war 03 Jan 2020 - 11:51 am
A picture published by the media office of the Iraqi military's joint operations forces on their official Facebook page shows a destroyed vehicle on fire following a US strike on January 3, 2020 on Baghdad international airport road in which top Iranian c
US embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately: Statement 03 Jan 2020 - 11:45 am
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. (AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
US Congress divided over Soleimani killing 03 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General and commander of the Quds Force, wearing his trademark ring during an interview with members of the Iranian leader's bureau in Tehran. (file pic/ AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR)
Pentagon says killing of Soleimani was at directions of Trump 03 Jan 2020 - 11:12 am
Iraqis walk at Baghdad's Tahrir Square on January 3, 2020. (AFP)
Democrats call US killing of Iranian general 'reckless' 03 Jan 2020 - 10:04 am
A picture published by the media office of the Iraqi military's joint operations forces on their official Facebook page shows a destroyed vehicle on fire following a US strike on January 3, 2020 on Baghdad international airport road in which top Iranian c
Netanyahu trial could be watershed in Israeli politics 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav the fifth submarine in the fleet after it arrived in the Haifa port, January 12, 2016. Reuters / Baz Ratner
Lebanon receives Interpol arrest warrant for Ghosn 02 Jan 2020 - 06:27 pm
Journalists gather outside the house believed to belong to former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon January 2, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Iraqi protester shot dead as anti-regime rallies continue 02 Jan 2020 - 06:13 pm
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Turkey detains 7 in probe into Ghosn fleeing bail in Japan 02 Jan 2020 - 12:30 pm
Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/
Earthquake hits Northeastern Iran 02 Jan 2020 - 09:55 am
Peninsula
Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad 01 Jan 2020 - 08:39 pm
An Apache military helicopter flies over the US embassy as supporters of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force protest to condemn the US air strikes that killed Hashed fighters over the weekend, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. AFP /
Hamas allows rival Fatah to mark anniversary in Gaza rally 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
A Palestinian woman gestures as others hold pictures of president Mahmoud Abbas and late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally marking the 55th anniversary of Fatah's founding, in Gaza City, January 1, 2020. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Displaced Syrians start new year in abandoned prison 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
Syrian children displaced from Maaret Al-Numan play in the yard of a former jail turned into a makeshift refugee shelter in the northwestern city of Idlib on December 31, 2019, during activities organised by a local aid association.  AFP / Omar Haj Kadour