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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
Syria fighting worse since call for truce: UN 12 Feb 2018 - 04:34 pm
Syrians look at damaged vehicles in a street that was reportedly struck by mortar shrapnel from rebel bombardment the previous day in Jaramana, southeast of the Syrian capital Damascus, on February 12, 2018. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Iraqi forces arrest Islamic State leader in Mosul 12 Feb 2018 - 03:58 pm
Peninsula
Iraq jails Turkish woman, Syrian for life over IS ties 12 Feb 2018 - 02:19 pm
Peninsula
Turkey warns US to make or break strained ties 12 Feb 2018 - 01:23 pm
File photo of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Reuters
France FM visits Iraq to discuss reconstruction 12 Feb 2018 - 09:51 am
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stands in front of artwork by late Korean-born painter Lee Ungno as he attends a ceremony at the French embassy in Seoul on February 11, 2018 to launch the construction of a new embassy building. / AFP / Sebast
Sec Def Mattis admits that PYD/PKK mobilizes in Afrin 12 Feb 2018 - 08:00 am
US Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on February 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Revenge awaits families of IS fighters in Iraq's Anbar 12 Feb 2018 - 07:31 am
File photo of Omar Shihan al-Alwani, who fought against the Islamic State (IS) group, speaks to AFP journalists in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar Governorate on January 26, 2018. / AFP / MOADH AL-DULAIMI
Putin, Abbas to discuss Middle East settlement in Sochi tomorrow 11 Feb 2018 - 06:02 pm
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Turkish, Free Syrian forces liberate village in W.Afrin 11 Feb 2018 - 03:18 pm
A photo taken from Turkey's Hatay province shows military vehicles are being transported to border units as Turkish Armed Forces hit PYD/PKK terror group targets within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 11, 2018. Hüseyin
Violence kills 3 civilians in northern Iraq 11 Feb 2018 - 02:12 pm
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Sudanese president replaces security and intelligence chief: agency 11 Feb 2018 - 12:49 pm
File picture of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. REUTERS
Syria regime strikes kill six civilians in Ghouta: monitor 11 Feb 2018 - 10:55 am
Members of Syrian civil defence forces known as the White Helmets evacuate a victim of an air strike in the rebel-held enclave of Arbin in the Eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus on February 9, 2018. AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
US concerned over escalating violence at Israeli border 11 Feb 2018 - 10:31 am
Peninsula
Egyptian army says 16 militants killed in Sinai operation 11 Feb 2018 - 08:50 am
A handout image of Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants, in Ismailia, Egypt, made available by the Ministry of Defence February 9, 2018. Ministry of Defence/Handout via
2 Turkish troops killed as helicopter downed 10 Feb 2018 - 07:18 pm
Turkish Armed Forces' military helicopter is seen within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 09, 2018 over Hatay, Turkey. Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on January 20 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region; the aim of