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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
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Russian military police starts patrols around Syria's Manbij 08 Jan 2019 - 02:41 pm
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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
Egypt to inaugurate Coptic cathedral after bomb blast 06 Jan 2019 - 09:08 pm
Workers clean the interior of the new Coptic Cathedral
Son of ex-Nissan head carlos Ghosn predicts court surprises 06 Jan 2019 - 07:18 pm
FILE PHOTO : Carlos Ghosn\ Reuters .
Egyptian policeman killed while defusing bomb outside church 06 Jan 2019 - 06:59 pm
Armed police stand as a priest exits a Coptic church in this screengrab taken from video in eastern Cairo, Egypt January 5, 2019. \ REUTERS
Trump adviser outlines conditions for US pullout from Syria 06 Jan 2019 - 06:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia June 27, 2018. /Sergei Karpukhin/REUTERS
U.S. to Protect Kurds From Turks in Syria Pullout, Bolton Says 06 Jan 2019 - 02:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque