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Palestinians threaten to quit Oslo Accords over Trump peace plan 26 Jan 2020 - 06:10 pm
Saeb Erekat
Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets 26 Jan 2020 - 04:49 pm
Iraqi demonstrators wave the national flag during an anti-government rally in the southern city of Basra on January 26, 2020. AFP / Hussein FALEH
Syrian troops reach outskirts of key rebel-held town 26 Jan 2020 - 04:44 pm
Damaged buildings that were hit during recent airstrikes by pro-regime forces in the jihadist-held city of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province are pictured on January 25, 2020. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
Turkey hunts for earthquake survivors as death toll hits 31 26 Jan 2020 - 10:56 am
Rescue workers search the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Pakistan offers assistance to quake-hit Turkey 25 Jan 2020 - 07:39 pm
A villager walks by a collapsed house after an earthquake in Sivrice near Elazig, Eastern Turkey, on January 25, 2020. AFP / Ilyas AKENGIN
Iraq security forces clear streets stoking protester fears 25 Jan 2020 - 12:44 pm
Iraqi anti-government protesters gather at al-Sinek bridge in the capital Baghdad on January 25, 2020. AFP / SABAH ARAR
Turkey quake kills at least 21, rescuers dig for survivors 25 Jan 2020 - 10:40 am
A villager looks at his collapsed house after an earthquake in Sivrice near Elazig, Turkey, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
Powerful earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, killing 18 25 Jan 2020 - 02:17 am
People stand outside a collapsed building after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 24, 2020. Ihlas News Agency via Reuters
At least 8 dead, 315 hurt as earthquake rocks eastern Turkey 24 Jan 2020 - 11:50 pm
Rescuers work on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Elazig province, Turkey, January 24, 2020. Ihlas News Agency via Reuters
‘No, No America’: Iraq protesters demand expulsion of US troops 24 Jan 2020 - 08:43 pm
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gather in the capital Baghdad for a ‘million-strong’ march to demand an end to the presence of US forces in their country, on January 24, 2020. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Turkey delivery man risks 18 years for spitting on pizza 23 Jan 2020 - 12:59 pm
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Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence 23 Jan 2020 - 12:53 pm
A demonstrator carries an Iraqi flag during ongoing anti-government protests in Nassiriya, Iraq January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Dhahi
Masked gunmen kill local commander of Iran's security forces 22 Jan 2020 - 04:27 pm
Peninsula
Tripoli airport closes again after rocket fire 22 Jan 2020 - 03:45 pm
Peninsula
New government in crisis-hit Lebanon, but protests continue 22 Jan 2020 - 09:14 am
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on on January 21, 2020 shows Lebanon's new Prime Minister Hassan Diab signing official documents at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, as the new governme
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family 21 Jan 2020 - 03:55 pm
A Syrian man looks at a crater caused by a reported pro-regime bombardment in the village of Al-Jineh, in Aleppo's western countryside, on January 20, 2020. / AFP / Aaref WATAD
Three rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad 21 Jan 2020 - 07:46 am
A view of the Jumhuriyah bridge which runs over the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital Baghdad between Tahrir Square and the high-security Green Zone (background) which hosts government offices and foreign embassies. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Lebanon urgently needs new gov't to avoid collapse: Hariri 20 Jan 2020 - 04:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks after meeting with President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir