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Russian warplanes pummel southwest Syria in support of government assault 05 Jul 2018 - 01:57 pm
A Syrian child rides his bike after Syrian government forces recently recaptured the village of Ghariyah ash Sharqiyah from the rebels, in the province of Deraa, on July 4, 2018. (AFP / Youssef KARWASHAN)
Rebel-held south Syria hit by heaviest strikes yet: monitor 05 Jul 2018 - 10:04 am
Smoke rises above rebel-held areas of the city of Saida, some 10 kilometers east of Daraa, during reported airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on July 4, 2018. AFP / Mohamad Abazeed
Iraq launches major anti-IS operation after killings 04 Jul 2018 - 12:33 pm
File photo of the members of the Iraqi Federal Police patroling the streets of Baghdad's Shula district, on June 29, 2018. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Egyptian army destroys Gaza smuggling tunnel: Reports 03 Jul 2018 - 08:49 pm
File photo: A Palestinian fighter from the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza, August 18, 2014. (Reuters)
Palestinians denounce Israel move to punish payments to prisoner families 03 Jul 2018 - 08:49 pm
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said the move threatened the existence of the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.
Israel to punish Palestinian payments to prisoner families 03 Jul 2018 - 10:57 am
Peninsula
Iran's president warns over US push against buying Iran oil 03 Jul 2018 - 09:25 am
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen at the beginning of a meeting during his official visit to Switzerland in Bern, Switzerland July 2, 2018. Peter Klaunzer/Pool via Reuters
In northwest Syria, Turkey extends aid and casts big shadow 03 Jul 2018 - 09:06 am
FILE PHOTO: People speak with Turkish soldiers in the center of Afrin, Syria March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo
Jordan to talk to Russia as Syria fighting displaces 270,000 02 Jul 2018 - 04:29 pm
A general view of refugee tents erected in Syria seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel July 1, 2018. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Syrians of Manbij look to Turkey to guarantee stability 02 Jul 2018 - 03:58 pm
Peninsula
Number of displaced in southern Syria climbs to 270,000: UN 02 Jul 2018 - 02:29 pm
Displaced Syrians from the Daraa province fleeing shelling by pro-government forces wait in a makeshift camp to cross the Jordanian border, near the town of Nasib, southern Syria, on July 1, 2018.  AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED
Iran president leaves for Europe visit 02 Jul 2018 - 01:17 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Russian delegation arrives in Syria’s Daraa for talks 01 Jul 2018 - 04:16 pm
Syrian government tanks and soldiers taking position in the town of Western Ghariyah, about 15 kilometres east of the southern embattled city of Daraa. / AFP / SANA
Car bomb near ballot box site in Iraq's Kirkuk kills one - police 01 Jul 2018 - 09:46 am
Peninsula
Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on Tuesday 30 Jun 2018 - 04:58 pm
Peninsula
Eight south Syria towns return to regime control under deals: monitor 30 Jun 2018 - 02:48 pm
Syrian government forces' soldiers hold their weapons at the back of a pick-up truck during a government guided tour in the village of al-Sourah, province of Daraa, on June 29, 2018. AFP / Youssef Karwashan
Syrian girl walking with tin cans as prosthetic limbs finds hope in Turkey 30 Jun 2018 - 01:45 pm
In this file photo taken on June 20, 2018 Eight year-old Maya Mohammad Ali Merhi walks using prosthetic legs made by her father from tin cans in a camp for displaced people, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib. (AFP / Aaref WATAD)
Syria slams global chemical arms body's new powers 29 Jun 2018 - 09:28 pm
A man holds the body of a dead child among bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in the Ghouta region in the Duma neighbourhood, August 21, 2013. (Reuters / Bassam Khabieh)