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World / Middle East

Egypt closes Gaza border due to anti-jihadist operation 09 Feb 2018 - 05:55 pm
A Palestinian boy waits to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip February 09, 2018. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Egypt arrest Russian belly dancer over racy video 08 Feb 2018 - 07:40 pm
 Courtesy: Gawhara's facebook Page
Turkish soldiers rescue old couple in Afrin operation 08 Feb 2018 - 02:42 pm
Peninsula
Iraqi army takes two northern oilfields from Islamic State 08 Feb 2018 - 02:36 pm
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22 dead in fresh regime air strikes on Syria enclave: monitor 08 Feb 2018 - 02:25 pm
A man holds a child after an airstrike in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
More than 100 pro-Assad forces killed in thwarted attack: US official 08 Feb 2018 - 01:08 pm
Peninsula
Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold Syria summit in Istanbul: official 08 Feb 2018 - 10:58 am
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency official website on February 7, 2018 shows President Hassan Rouhani (R) meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) in the capital in Tehran. AFP PHOTO / HO / IRANIAN PRESIDENCY
US-led strikes in Syria kill 20 pro-regime fighters: monitor 08 Feb 2018 - 10:32 am
Peninsula
Lebanon Supreme Defense Council orders army to resist Israel aggression 07 Feb 2018 - 09:07 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with Lebanon's Higher Defence Council at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 7, 2018. Dalati Nohra/ via Reuters
Jerusalem 'key to peace': Jordan king, Abu Dhabi prince 07 Feb 2018 - 08:13 pm
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on February 7, 2018 shows Jordanian King Abdullah II (C) and Queen Rania of Jordan (L) being received by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (R) in the capital Abu Dhabi. AFP Photo /
Turkish military rejects propaganda against Afrin op 07 Feb 2018 - 05:18 pm
A photo was taken in Turkey's Hatay province, on February 07, 2018 shows Turkish Armed Forces' howitzers as they continue to hit PYD/PKK terror group targets within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin. Eren Bozkurt - Anadolu
Smugglers holding migrants feared drowned in Libya shipwreck 07 Feb 2018 - 04:26 pm
Bodies of Pakistani migrants who died when a boat sank off Libya's western coast, are seen in Tripoli Central Hospital in Tripoli, Libya, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
Lebanon says will prevent Israel from building border wall 07 Feb 2018 - 03:57 pm
:A picture taken on February 7, 2018 from the Israeli town of Metula shows the Israeli built wall dividing it from the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila.  AFP / JALAA MAREY
Monitor says 23 killed, including five children, in Syria's Eastern Ghouta 07 Feb 2018 - 02:46 pm
An elderly Syrian man carries a child as he walks through the dust following a reported regime air strike in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 6, 2018. / AFP / ABDU
Iraqi forces attack IS remnants in desert region 07 Feb 2018 - 12:57 pm
Armored vehicles belonging to Iraqi forces are being dispatched to highlands in Kirkuk border, eastern Saladin province to launch an operation against Daesh terrorists in Saladin, Iraq on February 07, 2018. (Ali Mukarrem Garip / Anadolu Agency)
Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement - military 07 Feb 2018 - 08:57 am
Israeli troops gather at the scene of a stabbing attack north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Syria's Eastern Ghouta, under siege since 2013 06 Feb 2018 - 08:21 pm
A man is seen running after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 6, 2018. Reuters/ Bassam Khabieh
Men with guns still rule in Libya as return to "ghost town" blocked 06 Feb 2018 - 06:21 pm
Libyan boys displaced from the town of Tawergha ride bicycles at a camp in Tripoli, Libya, February 5, 2018.  Reuters/Ismail Zitouny