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Iran supreme leader slams ‘idiots’ in US administration 09 Jan 2019 - 10:30 pm
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Pompeo in reassurance mission to Iraq over US Syria pullout plans Iraq-US-diplomacy 09 Jan 2019 - 07:06 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to board a helicopter to the U.S. embassy at the terminal at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, January 9, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via |  REUTERS
Storm kills Syrian girl in Lebanon, causes widespread damage 09 Jan 2019 - 06:52 pm
A Syrian refugee walks past makeshift shelters in an unofficial camp for refugees in Iaat in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, a snow storm on January 8, 2019.  / AFP
FIFA demands Bahraini refugee player be allowed back to Australia 09 Jan 2019 - 06:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former Bahrain football player Hakeem Al Araibi, who holds a refugee status in Australia, at court in Bangkok, Thailand Dec 11, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Ex-Iraqi PM blames predecessor for 2014 US redeployment 09 Jan 2019 - 06:16 pm
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi gestures during a news conference in Baghdad August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Israeli ex-minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran 09 Jan 2019 - 12:40 pm
Gonen Segev, a former Israeli cabinet minister indicted on suspicion of spying for Iran, is escorted by prison guards as he arrives to court in Jerusalem, July 5, 2018. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
US Secretary of State Pompeo meets Iraqi Speaker in Baghdad: TV 09 Jan 2019 - 12:35 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures during a news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at the start of a Middle East tour in Amman, Jordan, January 8, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Turkey trial opens into Russian ambassador's 2016 killing 08 Jan 2019 - 07:00 pm
FILE PHOTO : Andrei Karlov
Erdogan blasts Bolton's 'unacceptable' comments on Syrian Kurdish militia 08 Jan 2019 - 06:33 pm
Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin (R) speaks with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton (L) after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on January 08, 2019. Halil Sa??rkaya - Anadolu
Storm packing snow and rain paralyzes parts of Lebanon 08 Jan 2019 - 06:30 pm
A heavy winter storm named 'Norma' lashed the east coast of the Mediterranean, in Beirut, Lebanon. Jihad Muhammad Behlok \ Anadolu
Car bomb blast kills two people in Iraq's Tikrit 08 Jan 2019 - 05:42 pm
Peninsula
Russian military police starts patrols around Syria's Manbij 08 Jan 2019 - 02:41 pm
FILE PHOTO/ Reuters
Turkey's 12,000-year-old town about to be engulfed 08 Jan 2019 - 02:21 pm
Ridvan Ayhan, a 58-year-old activist who fights against the Ilisi hydroelectric dam project, walks at a historical site in Hasankeyf, in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, on December 13, 2018. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Pompeo starts Middle East visit to ramp up pressure on Iran 08 Jan 2019 - 11:22 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and wife Susan Pompeo walk to the plane prior to departing from Joint Base Andrews on January 7, 2019. AFP / POOL / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Turkey to ask US to hand over military bases in Syria: Hurriyet 08 Jan 2019 - 11:01 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 30, 2018, shows a line of US military vehicles in Syria's northern city of Manbij. AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
US pullout from Syria to be done in 'prudent' way: Trump 08 Jan 2019 - 08:31 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Six dead after ship sinks off Turkey's coast: state media 07 Jan 2019 - 04:51 pm
One of the crew rescued from sunken ship is being taken to hospital on January 07, 2019 in Samsun, Turkey. Veysel Altun - Anadolu
Over 800 protesters arrested in Sudan demos: minister 07 Jan 2019 - 04:38 pm
Sudanese protesters chant slogans during an anti-government demonstration in the capital Khartoum on January 6, 2018.  AFP