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Most protesters detained in December unrest freed, 300 still in jail - minister 30 Jan 2018 - 12:03 pm
File photo of people gathering to protest over high cost of living in Tehran, Iran on December 30, 2017. Stringer - Anadolu Agency.
Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack - sources 30 Jan 2018 - 09:43 am
File photo of a crater at the site of an airstrike, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack. Reuters/Ammar Abdullah
Circumstances of how candidates quit, or forced to drop out of Egyptian presidential race 29 Jan 2018 - 09:50 pm
Presidential candidate Moussa Mustafa Moussa (C), the head of the Ghad Party, speaks during press conference in Cairo on January 29, 2018, after presenting his application to run in the March elections. AFP / Mohamed El-Shahed
Iranian Hijab protester freed: lawyer 29 Jan 2018 - 07:56 pm
Photo source: Twitter/@NegarMortazavi
Iran eases restrictions on reformist Mousavi 29 Jan 2018 - 06:45 pm
Mir Hossein Mousavi
Syria breakthrough unlikely in Sochi: France's FM 29 Jan 2018 - 05:02 pm
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) chats with Defence Minister Florence Parly (L)  in Tokyo on January 26, 2018. / AFP / Toru YAMANAKA
Algerian army arrests 32 illegal immigrants 29 Jan 2018 - 04:45 pm
Morocco-Algeria border
Russian military calls for direct talks in Syria's eastern Ghouta 29 Jan 2018 - 04:23 pm
Smoke rises following a reported air strike in the rebel-held Syrian town of Mudayra, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus, on January 28, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Regime air raids kill 33 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 29 Jan 2018 - 02:15 pm
Damaged buildings are seen after Russian and Assad regime airstrikes hit Kafr Amin district of Syria's Idlib province, which is a part of a de-escalation zone.  Ubeyde Fad?l - Anadolu
Turkey detains 300 people over criticism of Syrian offensive 29 Jan 2018 - 02:00 pm
Free Syrian Army (FSA) members backed by Turkish Army are seen as they hit PYD/PKK targets in western Afrin, as part of the ongoing military operation in northwestern Syria on January 28, 2018. Onur Çoban - Anadolu
Syria peace talks to begin in Russia despite opposition boycott 29 Jan 2018 - 01:55 pm
Damaged buildings are seen after Russian and Assad regime airstrikes hit Kafr Amin district of Syria's Idlib province, which is a part of a de-escalation zone. Ubeyde Fad?l - Anadolu
Pro-Sisi surprise candidate to stand in Egypt election 29 Jan 2018 - 01:47 pm
Members of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi presidential campaign staff sift through boxes containing signatures in his support, needed to register for the elections, at the National Election Authority, in Cairo on January 24, 2018.   AFP / MOHAMED
Thousands homeless after 'forced evictions' in Somalia 29 Jan 2018 - 01:23 pm
FILE PHOTO
Netanyahu says Iran wants Lebanon to be 'giant missile site' 29 Jan 2018 - 12:12 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 28, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Tsafrir Abayov
Several high-profile Egyptians call for presidential election boycott 28 Jan 2018 - 09:35 pm
Egyptians walk underneath an election campaign poster erected by supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Cairo, Egypt, 28 January 2018. EPA/Khaled Elfiqi
Jordan gets more US Black Hawks to bolster defences 28 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm
UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter flies a low-level mission over Iraq (SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF / Defenseimagery.mil / Wikimedia Commons)
Turkey intensifies Syria campaign against Kurdish militia 28 Jan 2018 - 03:53 pm
A photo taken from Turkey's Kilis province, on January 28, 2018 shows smokes rising at Burseya Mountain as Turkish military aircrafts and howitzers continue to hit PYD/PKK terror group targets within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin.
One killed, three wounded as roadside bomb exploded west of Baghdad 28 Jan 2018 - 02:22 pm
(FILE PHOTO) An aerial view of central Baghdad and the Tigris river, May 24, 2014. ( Reuters)