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World / Middle East

Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: UN 09 Sep 2018 - 08:23 pm
Peninsula
Iran Guards confirm missile strikes on Kurd rebels in Iraq 09 Sep 2018 - 05:29 pm
A view of the damage in the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDPI) headquarters after a rocket attack in Koysinjaq, 100 kilometres east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of eastern Iraq. AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Footage shows White Helmets rescuers targeted in Idlib 09 Sep 2018 - 04:50 pm
Smoke rises after war planes belonging to Assad Regime and Russia carried out airstrikes at the Khan Shaykhun district of Idlib, Syria on September 8, 2018. Ekrem Masry - Anadolu
Khamenei urges Iran's military to "scare off" enemy: official website 09 Sep 2018 - 11:52 am
Peninsula
At least 6 killed in South Sudan plane crash -witness 09 Sep 2018 - 11:17 am
Peninsula
Light at the end of the tunnel for Syria's war-ravaged railways 09 Sep 2018 - 10:04 am
Syrian railroad workers and technicians work on the restoration of the railway in the Syrian capital Damascus on August 9, 2018. AFP / Maher AL MOUNES
Turkey aims to stop 'anticipated airstrikes' in Idlib 08 Sep 2018 - 06:24 pm
Syrians check the wreckage at a site in Hass town after an airstrike by pro-regime forces on the south of Idlib province on September 8, 2018.   AFP / Amer ALHAMWE
Iraq's top two parliament groups urge PM to resign 08 Sep 2018 - 06:13 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends a session at the parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, September 8, 2018. Iraqi Prime Minister Office
Egypt court sends 75 to death, 47 to life over 2013 sit-in 08 Sep 2018 - 05:47 pm
This picture shows detainees inside the soundproof glass dock of the courtroom during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018.  AFP / Mohamed el-S
Iran attacks Iranian Kurdish opposition group base in Iraq 08 Sep 2018 - 05:12 pm
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Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib 08 Sep 2018 - 04:43 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government forces' bombardment around the town of Khan Sheikhun on the southern edges of the rebel-held Idlib province on September 8, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead 08 Sep 2018 - 04:39 pm
Members of the Asayish, Kurdish internal security police forces, arrive at the site of clashes with regime forces in Qamishly, northeastern Syria, on September 8, 2018.  AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Russian and Syrian jets pound Idlib province after summit 08 Sep 2018 - 01:05 pm
This picture taken in Kafr Ain on September 7, 2018, shows smoke rising as government forces target the city of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib province. / AFP / Anas AL-DYAB
Basra airport targeted by rocket fire as violent protests grip Iraq 08 Sep 2018 - 12:43 pm
Peninsula
Death toll in Iraq's Basra protests climbs to 12 08 Sep 2018 - 10:51 am
Iraqi protesters stand on concrete blast walls during an anti-government protest near the building of the government office in Basra, Iraq September 7, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Erdogan warns Iran, Russia against ‘lake of blood’ 07 Sep 2018 - 06:34 pm
President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Hassan Rouhani of Iran and Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey attend a news conference in Tehran, September 7, 2018. Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool via Reuters
Palestinians reject Trump bid to force talks through aid cut 07 Sep 2018 - 06:00 pm
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 1, 2018. AFP / Ahmad Gharabli
Erdogan and Putin clash over Idlib 'ceasefire' 07 Sep 2018 - 05:57 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shaking hands with his Turkey's counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in Tehran on September 7, 2018. -  AFP PHOTO /Turkish Presidential Press Office