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World / Middle East

Syrian rebels and Iran reach deal to evacuate villages 17 Jul 2018 - 09:28 pm
Syrian citizens are seen with their belongings as they wait to leave Syria’s southwestern Daraa province with the 1st convoy on July 15, 2018.  (Ammar Al Ali/Anadolu Agency)
Woman, small child found dead in deflated dinghy off Libya 17 Jul 2018 - 08:57 pm
A migrant looks on from Italy's Diciotti coast guard vessel carrying 67 asylum seekers berthed at Trapani port on July 12, 2018.  AFP / Alessandro Fucarini
Egypt targets social media with new law 17 Jul 2018 - 06:59 pm
The Supreme Council for the Administration of the Media, headed by an official appointed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, will supervise the law and take action against violations.
Syrians approach Israeli frontier as Assad assault closes in 17 Jul 2018 - 01:20 pm
People start to walk away from the border fence between Israel and Syria at its Syrian side as it is seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli Syrian border July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Iran lodges complaint against US over renewed sanctions 17 Jul 2018 - 11:17 am
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a meeting with a group of economists in the capital Tehran on July 16, 2018. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Israel hits Hamas posts in response to arson kites 16 Jul 2018 - 07:49 pm
Hamas Political Bureau Head Ismail Haniyeh attends a funeral ceremony of Palestinian children Amir al-Nimra (15) and Louay Kahil (16) who lost their lives after Israeli army carried out airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza on July 15, 2018. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu
Iran's Khamenei seeks better ties with the world, apart from US 16 Jul 2018 - 11:27 am
File photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei delivers a speech during his meeting with families of martyr's in Tehran, Iran on January 2, 2018. (Iranian Leader's Press Office / Anadolu)
Syrian state media: Israeli rockets strike military position near Aleppo 15 Jul 2018 - 11:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: An image released by the Syrian Arab News Agency early on May 10 2018 purportedly shows what the  agency said was air defence systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Syrian airspace (AFP)
Politics guide Syrians backing Croatia in World Cup final 15 Jul 2018 - 10:51 pm
The Syrian national flag rises in the midst of damaged buildings in Daraa-al-Balad, an opposition-held part of the southern city of Daraa, on July 12, 2018. Syria's army entered rebel-held parts of Daraa city , state media said, raising the national flag
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt building 15 Jul 2018 - 11:11 am
Members of the Iraqi security forces are deployed in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square during demonstrations against unemployment on July 14, 2018. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Color change in Turkey's salt lake makes stunning view 15 Jul 2018 - 11:07 am
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Explosion in a building in Gaza, 2 dead, 1 wounded - health officials 15 Jul 2018 - 09:13 am
Peninsula
Two Palestinian minors killed in Israeli strikes 14 Jul 2018 - 09:49 pm
Relatives of a palestinian teenager who was killed in an Israeli air strike, react in Gaza City July 14, 2018. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
Iran's Rouhani says US 'isolated' on sanctions 14 Jul 2018 - 02:23 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (C) during a meeting in Tehran on July 14, 2018. AFP / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / HO
Two workers kidnapped in attack at Libya's Sharara oil field - engineers 14 Jul 2018 - 12:38 pm
Peninsula
Explosion heard in Somali capital Mogadishu, followed by gunfire 14 Jul 2018 - 12:05 pm
Peninsula
Iraq PM looks to calm Basra unrest as demos spread 13 Jul 2018 - 10:29 pm
Protesters block the road to Iraq's Umm Qasr port, south of Basra, Iraq July 13, 2018. Reuters/Essam al-Sudani
Passenger train derails near Egypt's Giza, at least 55 injured 13 Jul 2018 - 09:13 pm
Egyptians gather by the train tracks to look at the scene of a railway accident as a a train derailed near Badrasheen, a town some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 13, 2018 leaving dozens injured. AFP