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World / Middle East

Syrian rivals weigh UN plan for new constitution 17 May 2017 - 05:04 pm
Syria's main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) leader Naser al-Hariri and UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend a round of negotiation, during the Intra Syria talks, at the European headquarters of the Un
Car bomb hits camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan border 17 May 2017 - 03:48 pm
(File Photo) Rukban refugee camp
Large explosion near centre of Somali capital Mogadishu 17 May 2017 - 11:28 am
Peninsula
UN urges end to mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners 17 May 2017 - 10:52 am
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Iraqi forces register gains against IS in W. Mosul 17 May 2017 - 10:19 am
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Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia 16 May 2017 - 08:07 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 36th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 15, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Tunisia Extends State of Emergency for One Month 16 May 2017 - 05:56 pm
Peninsula
Over 60 electoral "violations" in run-up to Iran vote 16 May 2017 - 03:35 pm
 Supporters of presidential candidates distribute brochures ahead of the Iranian presidential election in the streets of Tehran, Iran on May 15, 2017.   Fatemeh Bahrami - AA
Air Algerie flights resume after brief strike 16 May 2017 - 03:30 pm
Peninsula
Damascus says US crematorium claims 'totally unfounded' 16 May 2017 - 02:07 pm
(FILES) A handout satellite image dated April 18, 2017 courtesy of DigitalGlobe and released May 15, 2017 by the US Department of State shows the Saydnaya prison, one of Syria's largest detention centres, located 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of Damascus
Iraq forces say recaptured nearly 90% of west Mosul 16 May 2017 - 01:27 pm
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US accuses Assad of mass atrocities at Syrian prison 16 May 2017 - 01:12 pm
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Geneva VI peace talks on Syria begin 16 May 2017 - 12:51 pm
Photo: AA.
Cholera death toll in Yemen reaches at least 184: Red Cross 15 May 2017 - 08:25 pm
A Yemeni child, suspected of being infected with cholera, receives treatment at a hospital in Sanaa on May 15, 2017. AFP / Mohammed Huwais
Israel convicts former chief rabbi of corruption 15 May 2017 - 08:09 pm
Peninsula
Israel's first female sharia judge sworn in 15 May 2017 - 07:12 pm
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (R) and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (L) pose for a photo with Israeli Muslim Hana Khatib, the first woman in Israel to be appointed by an Israeli justice committee to become a religious judge, or qadi, in the cou
US says Syria using 'crematorium' to hide mass killings 15 May 2017 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Syrian man sits on the rubble of his house in Al-Arkoub neighbourhood of Aleppo on December 17, 2016 after pro-government forces retook the area from rebel fighters (AFP / Youssef KARWASHAN)
Ceaseless Middle East wars forcing change in approach to medical care 15 May 2017 - 06:53 pm
People visit an exhibition during a conflict medicine conference at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Beirut, Lebanon May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir