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World / Middle East

How Syria continued to kill its people with chemical weapons as the world looked on 20 Aug 2017 - 08:00 pm
A man breathes through an oxygen mask after what activists said was a chlorine gas attack on Kansafra village at Idlib countryside, Syria May 7, 2015. Reuters/Abed Kontar
Iran reformist leader calls for politicians' release 20 Aug 2017 - 06:56 pm
Mohammad Khatami (Reuters)
Mine kills 3 Lebanese soldiers near Syria border 20 Aug 2017 - 03:15 pm
A general view taken on August 20, 2017, shows a military helicopter landing at a Lebanese military base in a mountainous area near the eastern town of Ras Baalbek, as Lebanese troops launched an offensive against the Islamic State group on the country's
Three Palestinians detained in Jerusalem and Gaza 20 Aug 2017 - 11:21 am
Peninsula
Lebanon starts offensive against IS on Syria border 20 Aug 2017 - 09:39 am
AL-QAA, LEBANON - AUGUST 18: Members of the Lebanese army patrol in the rurals controlled after they hit the positions of the IS terrorists near the city of Al-Qaa near Syria border in Lebanon on August 18, 2017. / AA.
US has no intention to stay in Syria: State Dept 20 Aug 2017 - 09:26 am
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Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul: PM 20 Aug 2017 - 09:11 am
Iraqi government forces advance towards Tal Afar on June 9, 2017, during ongoing battles to retake the city from the Islamic State (IS) group fighters (AFP Photo/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED).
Lebanese army, Hezbollah declare offensives on Islamic State at Syrian border 19 Aug 2017 - 08:31 am
Members of the Lebanese army patrol in the rurals controlled after they hit the positions of the Daesh terrorists near the city of Al-Qaa near Syria border in Lebanon on August 18, 2017. ( Sleiman Amhaz - Anadolu Agency )
Lebanon army says to begin offensive against IS on Syria border 19 Aug 2017 - 08:26 am
Members of the Lebanese army patrol in the rurals controlled after they hit the positions of Islamic State near the city of Ras Raalbek near Syria border in Lebanon on August 18, 2017.  ( Sleiman Amhaz - Anadolu Agency )
Iran supreme leader mocks US over Charlottesville 16 Aug 2017 - 10:30 pm
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Lebanon scraps law absolving rapists who marry victims 16 Aug 2017 - 08:55 pm
A veiled woman sitting on a bench near an installation of wedding dresses by Lebanese artist Mireille Honein and Abaad NGO at Beirut's Corniche, denouncing the article 522 of Lebanon's penal code allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, in thi
Algeria's PM sacked after less than three months in office 15 Aug 2017 - 08:37 pm
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is pictured at the National People's Assembly in Algiers, Algeria June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Israeli billionaire Steinmetz held in custody in fraud probe 14 Aug 2017 - 09:35 pm
Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz arrives at the Israeli Rishon Lezion Justice court, near Tel Aviv on August 14, 2017. AFP / Jack Guez
More than 600,000 Syrians return home, mainly to Aleppo: UN 14 Aug 2017 - 02:09 pm
This file photo taken on July 22, 2017 shows a Syrian boy walking amid the rubble of destroyed buildings, in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP / George OURFALIAN)
Islamic State Suspect Kills Policeman in Istanbul 14 Aug 2017 - 07:54 am
Peninsula
Italy applauds Libya's decision on migrant 'search and rescue' zone 13 Aug 2017 - 09:05 pm
Migrants on a rubber boat waiting to be evacuated during a rescue operation by the crew of the Topaz Responder on November 5, 2016 off the coast of Libya. (AFP/Andreas Solaro)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says US can’t hurt it, dismisses sanctions 13 Aug 2017 - 08:30 pm
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah display Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they listen to him via a screen during a rally marking the 11th anniversary of the end of Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel, in the southern village of
Libya Releases 78 Tunisians Jailed Over Illegal Emigration 13 Aug 2017 - 06:10 am
(file photo) AFP