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Ankara slams US Senate decision to block F-35 sales to Turkey 19 Jun 2018 - 03:20 pm
FILE PHOTO. Reuters
Israel says indicts ex-cabinet minister over alleged spying for Iran 18 Jun 2018 - 05:10 pm
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) speaks with former energy minister Gonen Segev during a conference in Jerusalem, in this file photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), obtained by Reuters on June 18, 2018. REUTERS/GPO/Ha
Israel extends detention of female Palestinian lawmaker 17 Jun 2018 - 07:51 pm

Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian Member of Parliament (MP) from Ramallah, speaks during an interview with Reuters at her solidarity tent erected outside the headquarters of the Palestinian parliament in the West Bank city of Ramallah August 21, 2014. (Reut
In Iraq, Angelina Jolie calls for focus on conflict prevention 17 Jun 2018 - 07:40 pm
US actress and the UN refugee agency UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie (L) chats with residents on needs of people and reconstruction works during her visit in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on June 16, 2018
U.S. to give $6.6 million to Syrian's White Helmets 14 Jun 2018 - 04:23 pm
Syrian rescuers, known as White Helmets, recover bodies in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, following air strikes in the area late on June 7, 2018.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Lebanon's president says phased return of Syrian refugee now possible 14 Jun 2018 - 02:54 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun
Watchdog: Sarin, chlorine likely used in Syria in March 2017 13 Jun 2018 - 07:53 pm
(FILE PHOTO) A Syrian child receiving treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack, on April 4, 2017. AFP
South Sudan rebel leader to attend talks with president in Khartoum 13 Jun 2018 - 04:33 pm
File photo of South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar. Reuters
Lebanon foreign minister escalates refugee row with U.N. agency 13 Jun 2018 - 03:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut, Lebanon June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Iran warns North Korea: Trump could cancel deal before getting home 12 Jun 2018 - 08:28 pm
People past a mural painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran on May 9, 2018. (Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu Agency)
PM Abadi says opposed to repeat of Iraq election 12 Jun 2018 - 08:15 pm
Haider al-Abadi
UN urges Beirut to unblock residency permits for staff 12 Jun 2018 - 04:22 pm
UNHCR Spokesperson Lisa Abou Khaled speaks during an interview to AFP at the UNHCR headquarters in Beirut on June 8, 2018.  AFP / Joseph EID
Air strike kills 10 civilians in northeast Syria: monitor 12 Jun 2018 - 03:33 pm
File Photo
13 children killed in Idlib, Syria since Thursday: UN 11 Jun 2018 - 07:49 pm
Destroyed buildings are seen after Assad Regime forces carried out an airstrike over a children's hospital, located at de-escalation zone Taftanaz town of Idlib, Syria on June 10, 2018. ( Ibrahim Hatip - Anadolu
Baghdad warehouse fire: PM calls ‘plot’, interior minister says ballots safe, speaker for poll rerun 11 Jun 2018 - 12:31 am
Security forces carry ballot boxes as smoke rises from a storage site in Baghdad, housing the boxes from Iraq's May parliamentary election, Iraq June 10, 2018. Reuters
Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official 10 Jun 2018 - 04:26 pm
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Syria strikes kill 11 civilians after jihadist attack: monitor 10 Jun 2018 - 04:01 pm
Syrians gather amidst destruction in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, in the aftermath of following air strikes in the area late on June 8, 2018.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Assad says West is fueling Syria war, hoping to topple him 10 Jun 2018 - 03:49 pm
(FILE PHOTO) A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki