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Lebanese presidency denies US Secretary of State kept waiting at palace 15 Feb 2018 - 01:17 pm
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
US Secretary of State kept waiting at Lebanese palace 15 Feb 2018 - 11:55 am
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is seen at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Pentagon chief urges Turkey to stay focused on fighting Islamic State 15 Feb 2018 - 10:51 am
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis poses with Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli during NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Virginia Mayo/Pool
More Israelis believe police than Netanyahu, polls show 14 Feb 2018 - 10:26 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet after it arrived in the Haifa port,  January 12, 2016. (Reuters / Baz Ratner)
Syria denies possessing chemical arms, says use 'unacceptable' 14 Feb 2018 - 04:17 pm
Peninsula
Nations pledge nearly $25 bn toward Iraq reconstruction 14 Feb 2018 - 03:48 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, in Bayan, Kuwait, February 14, 2018. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/via REUTERS
First aid convoy this year enters Syria's Ghouta: UN 14 Feb 2018 - 03:22 pm
Forty-five-year-old Samir Salim (L), who along with his three brothers are members of the White Helmets rescue forces, looks out at destroyed buildings in the town of Medeira in Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on February 12, 2018.   AFP / ABDULMON
France will strike Syria if use of chemical weapons proven 14 Feb 2018 - 02:51 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a Trianon Council meeting (Conseil de coordination du dialogue de Trianon) aiming to strengthen the links between France and Russia at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Febuary 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ludovic Mari
At least 19 migrants killed in Libya truck crash: hospital 14 Feb 2018 - 01:47 pm
Since the 2011 overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, chaos-wracked Libya has become a key gateway for migrants trying to reach Europe, often on unseaworthy vessels. Reuters file picture
Netanyahu says government 'stable' after police recommend his indictment 14 Feb 2018 - 12:28 pm
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh/File Photo
Iran says dead environmentalist was part of CIA, Mossad spy network 13 Feb 2018 - 07:58 pm
Iranian-Canadian environmentalist Kavous Seyed Emami  at an unidentified location.  AFP Photo / Family of Kavous Seyed Emami
US tells anti-ISIS coalition to 'keep eyes on prize' 13 Feb 2018 - 11:23 am
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gives a press conference in Cairo on February 12, 2018. (AFP / POOL / Khaled ELFIQI)
White House dismisses idea of US-Israel discussing settlement annexation 12 Feb 2018 - 11:04 pm
A playground is seen in this general view picture of the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit in the occupied West Bank March 27, 2017. Reuters/Amir Cohen
Putin discusses Mideast with Trump, hosts Abbas 12 Feb 2018 - 09:22 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 12, 2018.  AFP / Sputnik / Maxim Shipenkov
Son urges Iran to free jailed Iranian-American as health deteriorates 12 Feb 2018 - 08:25 pm
Last Wednesday, Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor and ex-UNICEF official, was taken to the Evin prison infirmary after a severe drop in blood pressure.
Israel annexation plan is land theft with US 'complicity': PLO 12 Feb 2018 - 08:12 pm
Saeb Erekat (Reuters)
Turkey to name street by US Embassy after its Syrian offensive 12 Feb 2018 - 07:13 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) visits a tyre shop on the route to the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 12, 2018. ( Turkish Presidency / Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Anadolu Agency)
UN says deportations of Syrians from Jordan have dropped 12 Feb 2018 - 06:49 pm
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, speaks to the Syrian refugees during his visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, February 12, 2018. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed