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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)
North Iran gets massive snow dump 28 Jan 2018 - 11:38 am
An Iranian couple tries to help a car which is stuck in snow in a street during a heavy snowfall in Tehran, Iran, 28 January 2018. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Heavy snowfall shuts down airport in Iran 28 Jan 2018 - 08:52 am
An Iranian man walks in an ally during a heavy snowfall in Tehran, Iran, 27 January 2018. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Afrin to be handed over to its real owners: Turkish FM 27 Jan 2018 - 08:48 pm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint press conference held with Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl (not seen) at Dolmabahce Prime Minister's Office in Istanbul, Turkey on January 25, 2018. ( ?sa Terli - Anadol
Tillerson insists Russia to blame for Syria chemical attacks 27 Jan 2018 - 02:54 pm
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is pictured during a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz (unseen) after their meeting in Warsaw on January 27, 2018. / AFP / Wojtek RADWANSKI
Turkey says U.S. needs to withdraw from Syria's Manbij region immediately 27 Jan 2018 - 02:30 pm
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters take a position as they stand guard near the frontline on January 26, 2018 at the Syrian town of Azaz. AFP / OZAN KOSE
US tells Turkey it will end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG - Anadolu 27 Jan 2018 - 12:04 pm
A picture taken on January 26, 2018, shows a member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia standing guard in the fields outside the Kurdish town of Jandairis near the Syrian-Turkish border, west of the city of Afrin. / AFP / STRINGER
Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official 27 Jan 2018 - 11:46 am
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Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk 27 Jan 2018 - 10:36 am
A Syrian child plays with a cardboard gun in the rebel-held town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on January 25, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Jordan ends bread subsidy, doubling some prices, to help state finances 26 Jan 2018 - 09:00 pm
A Syrian refugee makes bread to sell at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, January 8, 2015. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Dozens of bodies found in Iraq mass grave 26 Jan 2018 - 07:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iraqi forces pull a body out from a mass grave they discovered in the Hamam al-Alil area on November 7, 2016. (AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Erdogan vows no let-up in Syria campaign as US tensions rise 25 Jan 2018 - 08:30 pm
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), accompanied by Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar, gesturing during a briefing at the Operating Base in Hatay, on the sixth day of 'Operation Olive Branch.' AFP Photo / Turkish
Israel’s Netanyahu says only US can broker peace deal 25 Jan 2018 - 08:24 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks to journalist next to his wife Sara during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 25, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
US will not chase Palestinians lacking will to seek peace: Haley 25 Jan 2018 - 07:30 pm
Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council meeting that discussed chemical weapons in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States on January 23, 2018. (Mohammed Elshamy -
Celebrities criticize Trump cuts to Palestinian refugees 25 Jan 2018 - 07:19 pm
Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes in Hebron, West Bank, 23 January 2018. EPA/Abed Al Hashlamoun
Syrian peace talks start in Vienna as Russian meeting looms 25 Jan 2018 - 03:40 pm
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura looks on before the start of talks on Syria in Vienna on January 25, 2018. AFP / POOL / ALEX HALADA
Turkey says not right to discuss Syrian "safe zone" with US -Hurriyet 25 Jan 2018 - 01:08 pm
File photo of Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey speaking to the press at the Turkish Embassy in Paris after his meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 23, 2018 in France. Cem Özdel - Anadolu Agency.

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People move through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP) Sri Lanka flood, landslides toll rises to 123: Official
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Representational file photo. HIV/AIDS kill 1,000 people in Cambodia in 2024, down 9 pct: PM

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Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) and his new wife Jodie Haydon (R) sign the marriage certificate with celebrant Bree during their wedding ceremony in Canberra on November 29, 2025. (Photo by Mike Bowers / AFP) 'Married': Australian PM ties the knot in private ceremony
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A Gendarmerie car drives past the entrance of the jail of Dijon, eastern France on November 27, 2025. (Photo by Arnaud Finistre / AFP) France catches one of two escapees in bed-sheet prison break

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