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World / Middle East

Free from jihadist grip, Iraqi weightlifters target medals 06 Sep 2018 - 01:12 pm
Iraqi paralympic weightlifter Thaer al-Ali (R) speaks to his trainer Tamer Ghanem, in the northern city of Mosul on August 25, 2018. AFP / Zaid AL-OBEIDI
French army chief: ready to strike Syria if chemical weapons used 06 Sep 2018 - 11:48 am
Peninsula
One dead, 25 injured in Basra protests, unrest spreads to main Iraqi port 06 Sep 2018 - 11:19 am
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5, 2018. AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali
Iraq forces open fire on protesters during new clashes 05 Sep 2018 - 09:36 pm
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5, 2018.   AFP / Haidar MOHAMMED ALI
Rescued migrants must not be sent back to Libya: UN 05 Sep 2018 - 07:50 pm
Illegal migrants sit inside the Ganzour shelter after being transferred from in the airport road due to fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 5, 2018.  AFP / Mahmud TURKIA
Iran slams Trump over UN Security Council plans 05 Sep 2018 - 07:17 pm
FILE PHOTO:   US President Donald Trump. AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Syrian minister says no reason to open crossing with Jordan yet 05 Sep 2018 - 04:41 pm
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Yemenis protest rising prices following currency plunge 05 Sep 2018 - 04:19 pm
Yemeni protesters block a road as they protest against inflation and the rise of living costs in the country's second city of Aden, which is held by forces loyal to the Saudi-backed government, on September 5, 2018.  AFP / Saleh Al-OBEIDI
Russia confirms it bombed targets in Syria's Idlib Province - agencies 05 Sep 2018 - 02:19 pm
Syrians use dirt to put out a fire at the scene of a reported air strike in the district of Jisr al-Shughur, in the Idlib province, on September 4, 2018. AFP / Zein Al Rifai
Israel breaks up demo for detained Palestine journalist 05 Sep 2018 - 12:58 am
Israeli forces disperse Palestinian journalists during a protest, which was organized by Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, to show solidarity with Palestinian journalist Ali Dar Ali, who remains incarcerated in Israel’s Ofir prison, demanding his release
Egypt police arrest man with homemade bomb near US embassy 04 Sep 2018 - 03:48 pm
Peninsula
Libya says death toll from Tripoli clashes climbs to 50 04 Sep 2018 - 02:51 pm
Smoke raise as people check the damaged after a rocket hit a camp for displaced people during the fight between rival armed groups in Tripoli, Libya September 2, 2018. Pictures taken September 2, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Russia resumes Idlib air strikes: Syrian Observatory 04 Sep 2018 - 12:15 pm
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Lebanon's Hariri gives new cabinet details to President 03 Sep 2018 - 06:31 pm
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri looks on as he speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 3, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Bloodbath in Syria's Idlib can still be avoided: ICG 03 Sep 2018 - 05:57 pm
A child walks in front of tents at a camp for the displaced from the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, at the village of al-Ghadfa, southeast of the province on September 2, 2018. AFP / Nazeer AL-KHATIB
Iran FM says 'terrorists must be purged' from Syria's Idlib 03 Sep 2018 - 03:10 pm
A Syrian rebel fighter from the recently-formed
Syria strike kills 8 pro-regime fighters: monitor 03 Sep 2018 - 10:29 am
Peninsula
Israel's Arab MPs back UK's Corbyn amid anti-Semitism accusations 02 Sep 2018 - 10:24 pm
Jeremy Corbyn shakes hands with a fire-fighter lining the street as members of the public take part in a silent march on the first anniversary of the Grenfell fire on June 14, 2018. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas