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Deadly car bomb blast in Somalia's capital, say police 04 Feb 2019 - 12:47 pm
Peninsula
Iraqi president says Trump did not ask permission to 'watch Iran' 04 Feb 2019 - 10:28 am
Iraqi President Barham Salih awaits the arrival of the King of Spain in the capital Baghdad on January 30, 2019. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack 03 Feb 2019 - 10:37 pm
Pilgrims visit the tomb of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of Khomeini's return from exile from Paris at his mausoleum in southern Tehran on February 01, 2019.  AFP
Egypt MPs table law amendment to extend Sisi rule 03 Feb 2019 - 06:18 pm
A man gestures as he rides a motorized vehicle showing a poster of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, March 27, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Assassination of Iraqi writer provokes indignation 03 Feb 2019 - 06:17 pm
The city's police force said several fatal shots were fired at Alaa Mashzoub in front of his home on Saturday. (YouTube grab)
Israel's Netanyahu takes aim at media in webcast 03 Feb 2019 - 05:29 pm
TV screen shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a speech on May 8, 2018. AFP/Thomas Coex
Iran sentences 13 protesters to jail 03 Feb 2019 - 05:29 pm
People protest over high cost of living in Tehran, Iran, on December 30, 2017. (Anadolu Agency)
Iraqi novelist gunned down in Kerbala 03 Feb 2019 - 03:25 pm
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Iran warns Europe not to force 'strategic leap' on missile range 03 Feb 2019 - 12:55 pm
Iran's Defence Minister Amir Hatami speaks during the unveiling ceremony at an exhibition in Tehran, Iran, Faberuary 2, 2019. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Syrian media cites source saying U.S.-led jets attacked army 03 Feb 2019 - 11:29 am
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One guard dead, 5 hurt in attack as Iran holds anniversary 02 Feb 2019 - 10:56 am
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Lebanon forms government after months of deadlock 31 Jan 2019 - 08:47 pm
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri meet ahead of a new government announcement at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Government shelling kills 10 in rebel holdout in Syria 29 Jan 2019 - 06:14 pm
A destroyed building is seen in ruins of a settlement after land and air strikes, which were continued for 8 years, in Hama, designated in the Idlib de-escalation zone, Syria on December 28, 2018. ( E?ref Musa - Anadolu
Islamic State pinned in tiny E. Syria enclave with families, U.S. backed force says 29 Jan 2019 - 03:40 pm
A picture taken on January 27, 2019 in the Syrian village of al-Susah in the countryside of Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, near the border with Iraq, shows fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) heading to the frontline with th
Iran bans walking dogs in public places in Tehran 29 Jan 2019 - 03:01 pm
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Iran rejects talks on missiles, but says it will not increase range 29 Jan 2019 - 11:19 am
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Dozens of homes swept away by floods in Iraq’s Najaf 28 Jan 2019 - 08:17 pm
An Iraqi man walks near his home after heavy rainfall on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Islamic State in Syria confined to four square kilometres: commander 28 Jan 2019 - 05:01 pm
A US military vehicle drives through the Syrian village of Baghuz in the countryside of the eastern Deir Ezzor province on January 26, 2019.  AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN