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Dying days of IS in Syria as fighters trapped 16 Feb 2019 - 05:11 pm
Paul Bradley (R), a volunteer with the Free Burma Rangers (FBR), sits on a US-made Humvee at a plateau overlooking the embattled Baghouz area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on February 14, 2019. AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN
20 Palestinians wounded in border clashes: Gaza ministry 16 Feb 2019 - 12:19 am
A Palestinian woman reacts from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Gaza City February 15, 2019. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Al-Quds TV faces risk of shutdown 15 Feb 2019 - 09:15 pm
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Gaza rallies continue for 47th consecutive Friday 15 Feb 2019 - 06:51 pm
A Palestinian protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask carries the national flag during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, on February 15, 2019. AFP / Said Khatib
Turkey wants no new crisis to arise in Syria: Erdogan 14 Feb 2019 - 11:48 pm
A handout picture taken and released on February 14, 2019 by the Turkish Presidential Press service shows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L), Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) posing for photographers du
Iran vows revenge on 'mercenaries' behind suicide attack 14 Feb 2019 - 11:01 am
TOPSHOT - A handout picture released by the Iranian news agency Fars News on February 13, 2019, shows a bus that was reportedly blown up by a suicide attack in southeastern Iran on February 13, 2019. / AFP / fars news / Handout
Israel refuses to let UN council visit Palestinian areas 13 Feb 2019 - 10:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold posters depicting Yasser Arafat during a rally marking the 14th anniversary of his death near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, November 11, 2018. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
Suicide attack on Iran Revolutionary Guards bus kills 27 13 Feb 2019 - 10:39 pm
A car is seen at the site of the suicide attack on a Revolutionary Guards on the road between the cities of Zahedan and Khash, Iran, February 13, 2019. Fars News/Handout via Reuters
Absent Iran takes center stage at Mideast talks in Poland 13 Feb 2019 - 10:39 pm
Al-Jarallah, Deputy Foreign Minister of Kuwait poses for family photo at the Middle East conference at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, February 13, 2019. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout 13 Feb 2019 - 08:30 am
Women wearing niqabs (full face veils) wait as men are being screened by members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, while civilians flee from the battered Islamic State-held holdout of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor into a nearby area
US ‘deal’ says no Palestine state on ‘67 border: Lavrov 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov contends that all Palestinian organizations have the right to be represented in the country’s state bodies.
Trump: Democratic lawmaker should resign over Israel lobby comments 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Ilhan Omar speaks to a group of supporters in Minneapolis on November 6, 2018. AFP/Kerem Yucel
Syrian state media says Israel artillery strikes Quneitra province 11 Feb 2019 - 09:50 pm
An Israeli flag flutters above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on October 18, 2017. AFP/Jalaa Marey
Mammoth crowds mark 40th anniversary of Iran revolution 11 Feb 2019 - 03:03 pm
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2019.
Fierce fighting for last IS foothold in eastern Syria 11 Feb 2019 - 01:20 pm
A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks past shops with their fronts painted with the Arabic phrases
Crowds mass in Tehran to mark 40 years since Iran revolution 11 Feb 2019 - 10:37 am
A Muslim Shiite cleric walks past the house of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in the holy city of Qom, 130 kilometres south of Tehran on January 15, 2019.  / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Algeria's Bouteflika confirms run for 5th term 10 Feb 2019 - 08:23 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015, in Algiers. (AFP/Alain Jocard)
'Heavy clashes' as US-backed forces make final push against IS 10 Feb 2019 - 02:54 pm
A picture taken on February 9, 2019, near Al-Qaim, a few kilometres away from the last scrap of territory held by IS in eastern Syria, shows wheeled 155 mm gun-howitzer CAESAR system  used by French soldiers engaged in the