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Erdogan hosts Iranian FM in Ankara 30 Aug 2018 - 01:07 am
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Syrian army preparing phased Idlib assault 29 Aug 2018 - 07:47 pm
Turkish forces are seen in a convoy on a main highway between Damascus and Aleppo, near the town of Saraqib in Syria's northern Idlib province, on August 29, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Egypt forms human rights committee to counter criticism 29 Aug 2018 - 06:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: Journalists demand the release of detained journalists in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, April 26, 2016. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 7 in western Iraq 29 Aug 2018 - 02:25 pm
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US military airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 3 29 Aug 2018 - 01:42 pm
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Gaza children open school year amid major budget UN crunch 29 Aug 2018 - 01:26 pm
Pupils gather in front of a school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City on August 29, 2018, on the first day of classes after the summer holidays.  AFP / Mahmud Hams
Suicide car bomber kills 11 in western Iraq 29 Aug 2018 - 11:00 am
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Iran president defends economic performance before MPs 28 Aug 2018 - 03:04 pm
President Hassan Rouhani arrives at the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 28, 2018. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Falling lira hits Syrian enclave backed by Turkey 28 Aug 2018 - 02:39 pm
A young boy peeks out of a tent in a camp for the displaced from Idlib's southern province and Hama's northern provice, in Kafr Dariyan situated at a short distance from Syria's border with Turkey, on August 26, 2018. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Syria ready to take one million returning refugees: Moscow 28 Aug 2018 - 11:20 am
File photo of a general view shows refugee tents erected at the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border as it is seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen -/File Photo
Iran's Rouhani asks Europe for guarantees on banking channels and oil sales 27 Aug 2018 - 11:00 pm
In a phone call to French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian President Hassan  Rouhani said Iran wanted the Europeans to give guarantees on banking channels and oil sales as well as in the field of insurance and transportation, according to the state-run
Iran, Syria sign defence, reconstruction deal 27 Aug 2018 - 08:58 pm
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Iraq new parliament to meet, paving way for government 27 Aug 2018 - 05:44 pm
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Turkey says wants to take relations with EU to a new phase 27 Aug 2018 - 05:09 pm
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak attend a joint news conference after a meeting at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Lebanese cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty 27 Aug 2018 - 04:29 pm
A farmer is seen in a green of cannabis plants in a field overlooking a lake in Yammouneh in West of Baalbek, Lebanon August 13, 2018. Picture taken August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Iran lawsuit against US sanctions opens at UN court 27 Aug 2018 - 11:59 am
Mohsen Mohebi, representative of Iran, is pictured during the opening of case between Iran and the United States at the The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, August 27, 2018. Iran opened a lawsuit demanding the UN's top court order the su
Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake 27 Aug 2018 - 12:53 am
A damaged house is seen after earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Kermanshah, Iran August 26, 2018. Tasnim News Agency/via Reuters
Erdogan: Issue not about myself, but Turkey, Islam 27 Aug 2018 - 12:43 am
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives at a ceremony in the eastern city of Mus, Turkey August 26, 2018. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters