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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
Iran FM visits Lebanon, offers support for new government 10 Feb 2019 - 02:12 pm
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Three killed in UN helicopter crash in disputed region 10 Feb 2019 - 10:35 am
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Turkey building collapse death toll rises to 18 09 Feb 2019 - 07:14 pm
Search and rescue teams continue rescue work at the site of a building collapse in Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey on February 09, 2019. Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman - Anadolu
Islamic State attacks US-backed force near Syrian oil field 09 Feb 2019 - 05:25 pm
A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks past a former Islamic State (IS) group jihadist alms tax centre in the city of Hajin in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province on January 27, 2019 after the Kurdish-led and US-backed SDF retook the city
15 dead in Istanbul building collapse; 9 from one family 08 Feb 2019 - 10:08 pm
Search and rescue teams continue rescue work at the site of a building collapse in Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey on February 08, 2019. (Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency)
Lebanese man self-immolates in front of school that denied his daughter’s transfer documents for unpaid fees 08 Feb 2019 - 08:10 pm
A Lebanese flag hangs from a building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, November 21, 2017. Reuters/Aziz Taher