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World / Middle East

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
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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
Libya to reopen Tripoli airport on Friday-government 06 Sep 2018 - 05:39 pm
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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
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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