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Israel says strikes Hamas post over arson balloons from Gaza 20 Feb 2019 - 07:59 pm
Palestinians burn torches and tires during the
Netanyahu slams 'shocking' anti-Semitic vandalism in France 19 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm
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Netanyahu seeks to save face after cancelled central Europe summit 19 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gesture as they speak to the media after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool Via Reuters
Iraq's Kurdish regional parliament elects interim speaker amid boycott 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
Members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament vote during a session in Erbil, Iraq February 18, 2019. Reuters/Azad Lashkari
In Syria's Aleppo, gas shortages add to daily woes 18 Feb 2019 - 05:30 pm
Syrians queue for gas canisters in the Salah al-Din district of the northern city of Aleppo on February 11, 2019. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Twin bombing kills 13 in Syria's Idlib: monitor 18 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm
Syrian men look at the destroyed house of their neighbour in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in the north of Idlib province on February 18, 2019, following reported shelling by government forces. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit 18 Feb 2019 - 03:32 pm
Veiled women, reportedly wives and members of the Islamic State, walk under the supervision of a female fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at al-Hol camp at al-Hasakeh governorate at northeastern Syria on February 17, 2019. / AFP / BULENT KIL
Don't abandon us, Syrian Kurds tell Europe 18 Feb 2019 - 03:01 pm
Bystanders and fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) watch a demonstration in support of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, on February 15, 2019, in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli.  AFP / HECTOR PEREZ
IS defends final pocket of dying 'caliphate' in Syria 18 Feb 2019 - 08:55 am
Members of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) gesture as they ride a truck in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Polish PM cancels Israel visit amid new Holocaust tensions 17 Feb 2019 - 11:21 pm
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a parliamentary session in Warsaw, Poland, December 12, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski/Reuters
19 Palestinians and Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza clashes 17 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm
Palestinians burn tyres as Israeli forces intervene them during the
Israel to withhold $138 million in Palestinian funds 17 Feb 2019 - 10:49 pm
A new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona in West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
14 Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya freed: consul 17 Feb 2019 - 10:49 pm
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Tunisia presses Libya to help free 14 kidnapped workers 17 Feb 2019 - 09:37 pm
A Libyan woman holding a Kingdom of Libya flag walks past a caricature of Muammar Gaddafi near the court house in Benghazi June 8, 2011. Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori
Syrian's Assad: U.S. will sell out those relying on it 17 Feb 2019 - 04:19 pm
Fighters of the US-backed Kurdish-Arab coalition of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) take a rest during an operation to expel Islamic State group (IS) jihadists from their last bastion, in Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on February
Iran's Zarif says Israel 'looking for war' 17 Feb 2019 - 02:52 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smiles during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
Iran takes aim at 'hateful' Pence comments 17 Feb 2019 - 01:30 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif smiles during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
IS 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria as Trump urges Europe to do more 17 Feb 2019 - 08:01 am
Jiya Furat, commander of the assault on the last jihadist enclave in eastern Syria, talks during a press conference near Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said