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World / Middle East

Airstrikes, roadblocks trap civilians in Libya's Tripoli 29 Apr 2019 - 04:04 pm
Smoke rises during a fight between members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces and Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
Libyan forces push back against Haftar in house-to-house battles 28 Apr 2019 - 10:09 pm
Members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces fire during a fight with Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya April 28, 2019. Reuters/Ismail Zitouny
Israel frees 2 Syrians after return of soldier's remains 28 Apr 2019 - 04:45 pm
A general view taken on April 28, 2019 shows the Quneitra crossing in the Israeli annexed-Golan Heights during the transfer of two Syrian prisoners from Israel to Syria. AFP / JALAA MAREY
Iran warns could shut Hormuz Strait if tensions grow 28 Apr 2019 - 02:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
Algerian protest leader calls for six-month transition period 27 Apr 2019 - 08:43 pm
Demonstrators shout slogans during anti government protests in Algiers, Algeria April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Militant attacks kill 22 government troops in north Syria 27 Apr 2019 - 07:00 pm
Peninsula
Sudan opposition leader says Bashir ouster 'not military coup' 27 Apr 2019 - 04:36 pm
Leading Sudanese opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, who was overthrown in 1989 in a bloodless coup by army officer Omar Hassan al-Bashir, talks during an interview with Reuters in Khartoum, Sudan, April 2
Sudan's protesters hope cheerful staying-power will oust army 24 Apr 2019 - 04:17 pm
Sudanese civil society activists Muawia Shaddad (C-L) and Omar el-Digeir (C-R), two of the leaders from the protest movement led by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, give a press conference in the capital Khartoum on April 24, 2019.   AFP / OZAN KOSE
Erdogan says deporting Armenians was ‘Appropriate’ at the time 24 Apr 2019 - 02:29 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets MP's during a special session at Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) within National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Ankara, Turkey on April 23, 2019. Evrim Ayd?n - Anadolu
Iran leader says US oil sanctions won't go 'without response' 24 Apr 2019 - 01:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 21, 2019 shows him addressing crowds of Iranians gathering in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad for a celebration of Noruz, the Persian New Year. AFP
12 killed in blast in northwest Syria: monitor 24 Apr 2019 - 11:47 am
Peninsula
At least 264 dead in battle for Libya capital: WHO 23 Apr 2019 - 05:04 pm
Libyan children play near the port of Tripoli on April 22, 2019. AFP / Mahmud Turkia
Sudanese call for renewed protests to pressure military 23 Apr 2019 - 12:53 pm
Sudanese demonstrators gather in front of military headquarters during a demonstration after The Sudanese Professionals Association's (SPA) call, demanding a civilian transition government, in Khartoum, Sudan on April 22, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Sudan's army says holding talks with all political forces 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
Sudanese army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Shamseldin Kibashi attends a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Rights group: Rebel land mines in Yemen hinder aid efforts 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Cars queue to a petrol station to refuel amid shortages of fuel supplies in Houthi-held Sanaa, Yemen April 16, 2019. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
Opponents of Egypt's constitutional reforms call for 'no' vote 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
An Egyptian man casts his vote in a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments in Cairo on April 22, 2019.  AFP / Khaled Desouki
Sudan’s army ruler vows to hand power to people 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Sudanese protesters flash the V for victory signs as they shout slogans during a protest near the army hearquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 21, 2019. AFP / Ozan Kose
Moroccans protest prison sentences of anti-poverty activists 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Moroccans shout slogans while waving the Berber, or Amazigh, flag during a demonstration against the court of appeal rulings on Al-Hirak al-Shaabi or